Today we were supposed to go on a Jeep excursion but we just
had a call it was being cancelled because of the miserable weather – it is very
rainy and windy.
Yesterday we drove to west from here. We had been told about a route that goes
north and then west. It did prove to be
a very nice drive.
On the way we saw nesting storks which was interesting.
We
also had been told it was worth just driving into the small villages and
looking around. We did see some
interesting places.
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| Caldas de Monchique |
In one a café was
baking bread in an outdoor wood oven. We
were able to see the baker putting the bread in the oven but we didn’t stay
long enough to get to try it. I’m sure
it was delicious.
In another town we
got on some very narrow streets which made it difficult to maneuver and caused
some tense moments. We also visited the
ruins of the last occupied Moorish Castle in Aljezur.
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| Moorish Castle - Aljezur |
From there we worked our way out to the Atlantic Coast and
down to Cabo de Sao Vicente – at the extreme southwest of Europe. In the middle ages it was believed to be the
end of the world.
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| Cabo de Sao Vicente |
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