Monday, Oct 7th, Evora, Portugal

Greetings!

Today, we drove east, out where the cork trees grow.  Out where three rivers flow, and where 7,000 years ago the Celtic tribes learned to sow the ground with wheat and barley.  The sun and moon and the earth were alive,  and controlled everything.  And all raised stones in tribute to them.

On the way into Evora, we stopped to visit a large standing stone (menhir) and a nearby stone circle (Almendres Cromlech).  We plan on returning to the area tomorrow, but we wanted to get a glimpse of what we'd see.  We were really glad we did, as the memories of a trip long ago to Spain and France came flowing back to us.  The places we hiked to can take you to another world.

Checking into our beautiful two-story apartment, built inside an old Roman aqueduct, we walked through the walled city to the central plaza.  A tall Roman-columned ruin stands across from a large 16th century church and convent.

At the end of a long walking day, we enjoyed a large Sangria in the square and planned our travels tomorrow.

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