Ibis Evora Évora

... hallway if you wished to put on a show. Second, the shower worked by rotating a handle to get water that sprayed from a movable nozzle, a nozzle above your head and a series of nozzles mounted horizontally to the shower wall that sprayed at you horizontally. Another awesome bathroom was our bathroom in Seville. It had my favorite toilet so far. Everytime the toilet was flushed it groaned loudly for ten to fiftenn minutes. Miss you all and hope to talk to you soon.

... left the cafe with enough time to get to the bus station. Once we got there though, we found out it was a holiday, All Saints Day, and we just missed the last bus! The guy at the ticket desk said we could catch a bus to Portel, 30 min. south and then hitch from there, only option since we already paid for a ccomodations and a taxi back would be 80 euros! So we catch the bus and arrive in Portel where a couple of ...

... is a meditation on the human condition for the Franciscans. They took artistic license, and pelvises encased heads, small bones in the arm form wings on a ghoulish skeleton in the archway, and the mummies of a young child and a man even hang from one of the chapel's walls. Tomorrow, we head to Lagos, an area famous for beaches and bars in The Algarve region of southern Portugal. We will probably melt, but we plan to have fun in the process. More soon. Ciao from Portugal.

... 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).

This is a bltizkrieg thru Evora. I have 2 hours before I have to get back on a bus to go to Faro. And go... At least my Lonely Planet book has a map of Evora. I speed walk (with my pack on) to the city centre. Again with the cobblestone streets. Feet, ouch, ouch, ouch. I find tourist information rather quickly which is a good thing. They let me drop off Big Red as I sight see, real fast. It's a cute little town within the ruins ...

... wait to get out of there. It was so gross! We soon left the church and did some shopping. After shopping, we visited another Cathedral (Portugal's largest) and then saw a Roman temple. Yes, a real, very large, Roman temple. It was built to honor the Roman goddess Diana. It was so cool! Then we had lunch. We've decided we're all looking forward to Spanish food. Portuguese food is just so blah. I'm on a bus ride to the Algarve region now.

After this, it's a 120 km drive on route 124, by single highway to São Bartolomeu where we join the Lisbon Motorway. We speed north to the intersection to Beja, and then back on standard and almost deserted roads past the capital of Alentejo Province to the university city of Évora. The toll is only € 3.90. Évora is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and well deserved it is. Part of the town is ...

... tres dias.(a causa del mal olor)...menos aire al cerebro, eso lo explicaria todo. Ahora nos encontramos en Evora, orto pueblo patrimonio de la humanidad lleno de recuerdos del descubrimiento....manana nos vamos a Lisboa. Gracias a todos los que se dieron el tiempo de leer nuestro blog y comentar en el! Yo llegare el 25 de Septiembre, y Jessica el 28 en la manana, esperamos verlos pronto, nos vemos en Chile! Jessica&Chelo Eurotour 2006 (nos vemos el 2007!...no te asustes papa, era broma!)

My dawgs are sore. Who wants to come over and rub my feet? Too much walking around with heavy packs. Last Wednesday Karla and I split and went different directions (she only has a few weeks in Spain and is heading towards Barcelona). It was nice having somebody else to hang out with my first few days in Spain (and someone to help figure things out). I had a long day on the buses - from Tarifa to Sevilla, hopped another bus to Huelva then one more ...

... 5 x 7 ft "veranda"...and air conditioning! We spent the day wandering the narrow, cobblestoned lanes. Lots to see--rooster-themed pottery, friendly dogs, moorish influenced tiles, a church with mismatched bell towers/steeples. I especially liked the looks of one shop, where behind the counter there were hundreds of wrought iron key hole / door latch covers in Moorish, gothic styles and also all these arabic/syrian lamps with the beaded shades. For 2 days ...