Casa da Azenha Velha Figueira da Foz

<br>Arrived after a short uneventful journey. Campsite similar. Weather changeable.<br><br>Tourist sites do not always live up to the flowery language used in the brochures eg. "Musicological Nucleus of the Salt" turned out to be a Musee de Sel. We did not go.<br> <br>The local beauty spots, like every where else, that we did go to were covered with ingrained litter.<br>We are moving on tomorrow. <br>

... plastic bottles around the edges. They were obviously expecting stormy weather. They left great heaps of rubbish all over the site.<br><br>We visited Aveiro the nearest town which lived up to its publicity we took the one photograph of their famous boats which was all the brochure had to offer.<br><br>We have become a novelty attraction as there are no other British around. After the activities of the weekend we moved on.<br><br>

... just a handful of other campers. We relished the opportunity to just sit in the sun and listen to the birds. Even my interest in wildflowers was catered for, as there were wild orchids growing on some of the pitches - they were either woodcock orchids or bee orchids, it was difficult to tell. (Sorry, I'm being an anorak.) There was a magnificent, totally deserted beach nearby, with miles of almost white ...

We had our longest journey -should have been 7 hrs but turned out to be 10 after the highway was closed. We had lunch in Salamanca and I want to go back. Superb architecture and one of the oldest universities in Europe with signs of enlightened learning on every corner. We shared an amazing dinner of local fare ...

Day 4 &#8211; 25/12/08<br><br>LISBON-EVORA-ALCOBACA-B ATALHA-FATIMA-COIMBRA<br><br>We left early after breakfast. The GPS proved to be blessing for 'wrong' drivers like me. As it was Christmas there was less traffic on the roads &amp; we had a smooth drive to Evora. There we saw the Roman Temple, the church &amp; the Chapel of St.Francis. The sleepy town had narrow lanes ...

... chappell, I suggested we buy a plot for me there under the bautiful arches. Sofia wasn't crazy about the idea. Then, we went to Fatima - the church and cathedral where the Pope speaks every year to millions. We saw people walking on their knees and some people walking for many days to get to Fatima as a promise made in exchange for an event they had prayed for. Next, we drove through ...

... keltide ajal. Roomlased seadsid ennast sisse 1. saj pKr, mil see kasvas ja õitses suureks linnaks. 3. saj olid elanikud ohustatud sissetungijate eest ning ehitasid enda kaitseks linnale kaitsvad müürid ümber. Kahjuks polnud see piisav sueevidele (germaani hõimude rühmale), kellel õnnestus 468.a vallutada linn. Kohalikud põgenesid Coimbrasse, säästes sellega Conímbrigat suuremast hävingust. Seetõttu võib ...

... oli seal tõepoolest igal pool luuramas, hoolimata sellest, et oli pühapäev, linn totaalselt välja surnud ja poed suletud. Seetõttu polnudki seal muud teha kui käia ülikooli juures luusimas ja osta paar suveniiri. Ülikooli hooned on väga võimsad, nagu oleks Rooma aega ära eksinud. Kahjuks me sees ei saanud käia, aga juba väljast paistis kõik vägagi impressive. Kuna sattusime sinna palmipuude püha ajal, siis nägime juhuslikult pealt ka tseremooniat, mida sel puhul ...

... on the beach they have proper half size soccer fields on that green astroturf which looks and feels so soft until you fall over on it then it rips your skin off like gravel. We had just a small game of 2 on 2 which got boring after about 5 minutes plus poor Jamie who decided to side with Adam had to play by himself most of the time as Adam was off on the sideline spewing his guts up, and i thought i was unfit. I did think he might die though especially when he was rolling around ...

... a friend, and on the bus we met two nursing students who live there. They were very friendly, took us to their house, fed us dinner, and gave us a place to sleep. <br><br>Now I'm in Coimbra, and I came here to see a forest. I should actually be going now to catch my bus. If this internet connection weren't so slow this letter would be longer. It took me a whole hour to read the 15 letters I had (50 minutes waiting, 10 minutes reading). More later