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I did what tourists do: take a boat ride ;-)
... like me. I was offered to taste my first Ovos-moles, a very sweet thing made with eggs and sugar ;-)
This afternoon, seeing that wonderful weather, and being afraid tomorrow it would not be that nice, I did a boat trip on the canals ;-) I know, very touristic, but a nice way to quickly make a large tour of this little town. I loved it!
There were many scouts around, and each time we ...
Port never looked as good
... blew a whistle that sounded like a cross between a fog horn and a duck whistle. When the rain started up again the guide handed us 6 umbrellas for covering. It true Johan fashion, he helped me to get my umbrella up before strategically placing his umbrella in such a way that the rain from his umbrella drained on mine, and on me. When I realized it, he burst out laughing, saying he wondered how long it will take me to realize it. Covered with the umbrellas we looked like ...
Music where you don't expect it
... what they were singing.
On our way through the Alentejo region we saw some really old windmills that we used to develop power. All of these windmills were in bad repair, but you still get the idea. When we were in Lisbon I saw several blue tiles in that had these windmills on, now at least I can say that I have seen the real thing.
For lunch we stopped and ordered 3 soups and 1 plate of fish. When the food came the fish dish was enough to serve all 4 ...
Once in a lifetime magic happens!
... and with a special black charcoal/ arte graph in his hand, he created several sketches through out the evening. After sketching with the "arte graph," he would dip his paint brush in his white wine to create a water color effect, all blank and white, or is it black and wine. At the end of evening we bought €100 worth of art, and both us and Leonel thought it was a great deal.
Finally at about midnight we said our goodbyes, and walked the 30 ...
First class pig
... year old mansion, it's history has been documented from 1326 when Queen Isabella ordered canals to be build from the fountain on the property to a near by monastery. The mansion that has been converted into a hotel in 1995 and is one of Portugal's tops hotels. The mansion and hotel has been visited by Kings in Dukes in the past. (see Lelani, go on vacation with your parents it is so much more classy.) Pedro was the son of Queen Isabella and heir to ...
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