One of the things about living in a motor-home is you become very aware of the weather, especially when it is bad. The rain started at around 2am and probably wasn't very heavy but the fact that we were parked under trees made it sound like someone was practicing their drumming on the roof. Needless to say, we didn't sleep well after that and were up early.
After doing the normal morning chores, we were ready to leave at 09h00 when the office opened in the campsite - and even got a discount we weren't expecting; the day was looking up.
We need to be somewhere by Friday, so decided to make the most of the bad weather and do as much of the driving as possible today.
We headed inland and entered the very fertile farming region of Alentejo seeing crops of all types, as well as pigs, cattle, sheep; all the usual suspects.
Around lunchtime we stopped at the aire at Alcáçovas with no let-up in the weather, and were the only motor-home in the aire which seemed quite remote. We had some lunch and decided to rather push on to Evora, our next planned stop. The aire here looked much more lively and the rain had let up enough to allow us to go for a walk. We popped out to pick up a few odds and ends and dropped them off in Bokkie before having a sneak preview into the old town. It is lovely, very touristy but with good reason; everything from ancient Roman ruins to a beautiful cathedral.
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| Igreja de Santo Antonio on Giraldo square |
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| Graça church |
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| Evora cathedral |
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| Granite & marble temple ruin built for the deceased Emperor Augustus in the 1st century A.D. |
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| Igreja de São João Evangelista - Igreja dos Lóios |
Tomorrow we'll spend the day exploring some more...the weather has cleared and it's promising sunshine again.
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