Monsaraz

We both had a terrible nights sleep as we realised we had mosquitos in Wanda just as we were getting into bed. We saw 2 and tried to get them but missed and then they vanished. I woke up at 3am roasting but I couldn’t throw the covers off because I didn’t want to get eaten any more than I already had and I pretty much spent the rest of the night awake.
As soon as we woke up we spotted the mozzys and squashed them.
At 9:30am we left our park up by the lake and drove 35 miles to our next park up in Monsaraz. This was an unplanned stop but the reviews seemed good and it was near a medieval town so we thought we’d give it a look and were glad we did.
Monsaraz is a real medieval town with its original cobbled stone streets that hardly changed since the 12th century partly because the roads were only ever wide enough for a horse and cart. Now the residents who have vehicles have to follow a one way system.
There is a castle that was repurposed for use as a bullring in the 1930’s and is now being restored and 2 ancient churches. Most of the buildings are original and have just been modernised at the whole town is a rabbit warren of tiny roads and walkways. We also found 2 very cats one of which showed us all the way around the castle before he finally left us back in the Main Street. He was very pretty.
We had lunch of Baguettes and coffee in one of the restaurants and then made our way back to Wanda for the early afternoon.
We spent the rest of the afternoon chilling in Wanda until dinner time and once it got dark we headed back into the town to have a look with all the twinkling lights.Читать далее