Wednesday, April 16, 2025

A day of rest- also its blooming raining

We awoke to find the hills covered in mist and unable to see the mountains in the distance as we had the previous day. We headed off for breakfast and the room was also fairly quiet but the usual stuff available, to be frank the choice at the Hilton in Evora was better.

We were both feeling a bit tired after the efforts for the previous days and although we had thought of going downtown it was raining so that would not be any fun so we decided on a day of rest. So we spent some time in the room until about 1330 when we getting a bit peckish and back to the restaurant for lunch. Jen had the prawn curry and me the grilled salmon and both were quite good, the only issue is that the cook does not know how to cook broccoli as it was soggy.

Following lunch we sat in the lounge for about three hours reading and listening to music and we agreed we did not need anymore to eat and so went back to the bedroom hoping that the Euro games would be shown which they were. So we watched Arsenal beat Real Madrid yet again but it was a hard fought game and well done Arsenal.

Tomorrow we leave for the Doura Valley and our journey is planned to take about 90 minutes we have decided to take the long way there and hopefully get some good photos of the river and surrounds. Its still raining…..and also the next few days are supposed to be the same.