Jane, Gordon, and Vicki |
Looking from the pool/outdoor kitchen/dining toward the house |
*Fun with Dick and Jane was the young reader series in the US from which everyone in our generation learned to read.
...recounts the retirement travels of Mark and Vicki Sherouse since 2008...in Asia and the Pacific, New Zealand, Europe, South America, and Africa, as well as the US and Canada. Our website, with much practical information, is: sites.google.com/site/theroadgoeseveron/.Contact us at mark.sherouse@gmail.com or vsherouse@gmail.com.
Jane, Gordon, and Vicki |
Looking from the pool/outdoor kitchen/dining toward the house |
Vicki walking along the (dry) aqueduct from the RV parking lot |
Tour bus #13 was just arriving as we approached the city wall |
It's a beautiful little town if you can see past the trinket shoppes and fellow tourists |
Interesting bookstore we did not see in 2009 |
Still processing this one... |
Very old press |
The aire, us on the far right, closer to land in case of tsunami; a big dune separates the aire from the beach; fortunately |
Path along the cliffs to the south of us |
Fishing the big waters |
Next morning, surfing class arrives (top of dune) |
Out for an afternoon walk |
Alas, at high tide, which is now, the waves actually breach the dune; alarmingly; and cover the nice board walk; thus |
Thus |
These puppies are in the 8-10 foot range, in my humble estimation |
Ever alert for sneaker waves... |
En route; the Cape is a cliff and up high |
Lots of bits have already fallen off |
The view, pretty nice |
The actual rock |
More cliff bits |
Neat place |
One of the palaces, the one whose gift shoppe we toured |
Checking out what we were considering, en video |
Ditto |
OK, if not jaded, we were a bit tired |
Panning around, looking up at the ancient Moorish castle way up there in the heights |
More panning |
More castle |
Based on Cinderella's castle |
The town |
Would you believe Sintra has not one, |
Not two, but three Byron restaurants? He wrote of the place as "Eden"; one wonders what he'd make of it now; would he have liked tapas or queijos? Super Bock? |
We stopped of course at Piriquita's for a pastry fix |
Obviously wearing Kevlar pants |
The park was impressive, and nearly deserted |
Royal tennis courts? |
Big beauty |
Magnolias in bloom |