Albergaria Solar De Monfalim Évora

... the hilarity of Spainish and Portugese bathrooms. They are a source of amusement on this trip. In our hotel room in Evora our bathroom consisted of a sink, a basin on the floor and a shower head. That is correct, there was no toilet and to take a shower you shut the bathroom door and let the water spray everywhere while you stand in the tiny basin. The next most amusing bathroom was in Albufeira, Portugal. First, the shower had windows that you could open to ...

So with nothing to do in Beja, we all caught the bus to Evora, famous for a chapel that is made completely of human bones. The whole town only took a few hours to see and the chapel was CREE-PY, yes, made of the bones of 5,000 people! After seeing the chapel, Anna and I wandered around town and found a small cafe to sit, read, and sip port in. We were watching the time and checking the bus schedule to make sure ...

... sink laundry (at least we have 1 less pair of pants to wash...) we headed to the city center to explore the Capella de los Ossos -- the famous bone chapel of Evora. Hard to describe, it is a little strange, a little beautiful, and a lot creepy. The inscription on the door to the chapel reads, "Here are our bones, we are waiting for yours" in Latin. The bones of several thousand people make up the walls and archways of this morbid little chapel. Supposedly, the ...

... and they show movies on the trips too. but tonight marks my last night here in portugal. i've been roped into doing the pubcrawl at the hostel tonight, so yet another interesting flight lies ahead. speaking of which, the air traffic controller's strike has apparently been called off! (i'm actually kinda disappointed about that).

... 7 - 10 years until the next harvest. The trees - we noticed - had markings on them - I believe this may relate to the harvest years. The soil is very dry and sandy. We have three Cork trees planted on our new lot in Costa Rica and I was amazed at how they did through the dry season - with absolutely no water. I think now I understand why. Passing through a grape producing area we also marveled at how things grow - although it is November and that may have ...

... that the bus is leaving from the terminal that I am in front of. Hmm.. No bus, I go back inside the station (the doors in are outside the bus terminal I'm at, so I feel safe doing so) and look at the departure/arrivals board. My bus isn't even listed. What the?? I find some other people looking at their ticket, at the terminal number sign, back at the ticket. I start to feel a little better. I end up talking to this woman from ...

... it´s going to fall apart. - The shower stall in our hotel room is literally built in the corner of the room. Think of it as taking a shower behind office cubes. I really have to find something I can eat in Portugal. With my odd diet of no chicken, fish or pork - I´m really stuck since the Portuguese diet primarily consists of seafood and pork. I´m going to two servings of salad in the past two days.

... living museum. There was period furniture in the halls and rooms. We were right next to the Cathedral and not far from the main plaza in town. We´d been moving so fast, we decided to just chill a bit in Evora and wander around town. And what a great town for that. Our only museum experience was the Bone Chapel. For some strange reason, some priests built a chapel adorned entirely with human bones and skulls. Eerie indeed. But it´s a must see for any tourist ...

... Seville we will be heading south to the port city of Algeciras where we will catch a ferry across the Straight of Gibraltar to get our first taste of Africa in Morocco. She Said: Things started looking up the moment we got out of the taxi at the resort. Ahh...this is more what I had it mind... serious AC, very cold pools, luxury bedding, and even a little manicure kit in the bathroom. I have learned the following - I am in for a real shock once we leave Europe.