Had our usual late breakfast including for me two omelets. The poor waiter seemed not to understand our omelet order as Andrew’s omelet came with mushrooms which he did not want or order. To avoid wastage being good Canadians I ended up eating my omelet and Andrew’s. Cholesterol attack!
A rather late start as we headed to Evora and once on the A2 toll road we were cooking. Parked outside the city walls of Evora and walked into the town in 41-degree heat! It is dry heat so bearable but can’t say enjoyable. The streets of Evora were quiet. Had a bottle of water and headed off to Roman ruins. The heat is slowing us down and chugged lots of water. Stopped for lunch and had a regional speciality of chicken and also a shrimp pie. We had a bathroom break before leaving the restaurant and Andrew saw a rather intoxicated man so wobbly he missed the urinal and sprayed all over the floor. The break did us well and we charged ahead seeing Roman ruins with a few pillars here and there. Rather overrated considering the Parthenon. We visited a church near the ruins that contained a pile of bones in the cellar below. Creepy. A very modern Pousada nearby which is rather strange for us as the ones we have been staying in have been ancient convents or monasteries. We wandered back to our Meagne in the vicious heat and the auto’s air conditioning felt great. We chugged on back to Estoril a two-hour trip. About 20 kms from Lisbon we noticed a huge brown cloud in the distance smoke from the forest fires raging in Portugal. We received a message from Jose our Portuguese diplomat friend. We arranged for dinner at 19:45. I had bought a bottle of Champagne and we had dinner in his condo overlooking the ocean. Great to see him and his Dutch wife Anns. We had a wonderful seafood meal of shrimp, crab, octopus with great Portuguese wine. Jose knows his wines and has taught me much about wine! We sat overlooking the ocean drinking champagne and nibbling on Azorean cheese.
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