To bed at 9:00pm

Wine wine and more wine

We've been here a full week in central Portugal and it's hard to believe that it's gone by so quickly. Exactly a week after we had arrived here we took our first day off. This is how it went: Wake up at 6:30, walk 45 minutes to Unhais o Velho, the closest town which has a bus stop, a bar and a wireless hotspot, to get on the bus to Pampilhosa da Serra. It was market day in Pampilhosa da Serra, which meant that at each tiny village the bus got more and more crowded with older men and women on their way to do their weekly food shopping.  By the time we finally arrived we were all crammed together, which meant I got to utilize my Portuguese to communicate to the lady on the seat next to us that our friend was not leaning on the door and no he was not going to push the door open while we were in motion. 

Breakfast was an omelet sandwich, some coffee with aguardente, a few beers and some red wine. The trio of old guys next to us were working on a plate of grilled bacon strips and had finished two bottles of wine by the time we were ready to go. We'll be having that next time!

After breakfast we went to the POOL to SHOWER (our first time bathing in a week) and swim. Next on the agenda was acquiring a wheel of delicious mountain cheese with some nice red mold on the outside and lunch of grilled chicken with more wine. We finished off our day with some more wine and a little shopping trip where we bought goodies like wine and cookies and biscuits for our cheese and four dozen eggs. All in all a good day, but we didn't take any pictures other than that first one so here are some others from the farm and around.

A view from our walk to Unhais O Velho

Mushroom hunting

for our lunch!

The farm

Washing dishes is not fun in the freezing cold

Our caravan sitting area

James, one of the four dogs, curled up in a chair

Brandon getting ready to start weeding some fruit trees

The fruit orchard

Important tools of the trade

Strawberries in December is not so bad!