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Long Day

 I named this blog ........Crazy Trip.  Well, yesterday was one of those days.  We thought we would go inland and see the countryside.  I picked a place called Castelo de Almourol.  See the country and have a destination.  Well, 2 1/2 hours, 50 roundabouts  and very curvy roads we made it.  Castle was closed for lunch, so we decided to have lunch, too.  Tasteless burgers, salad without dressing and fries fried in old oil.  Good, Coke though.  We then paid 5 Euros to ride a boat -- very short distance to the castle which was on an island.  Had to climb many, many steps.  Did I mention it was hot?  Reached the castle and I had to sit inside on steps because I I think I had beginnings of a heat stroke.  Have had it in the past.  Jim continued to the top.  It turns out that it wasn't a castle at all--just a fortress.  There were no rooms or little caverns.  Jim came back down, we waited for the boat in the shade and headed back 2 1/2 hours to Peniche.  As for the countryside that we saw, not impressed.  We will stick to the coast from now on.
Sorry for the rant-- we both were exhausted, especially Jim with all the driving.  It was worse than driving in Italy!!









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