Week 14 - Hello Extremadura, Spain

In the surf camp, I made a rough plan for the upcoming weeks. Let's see what actually happens in the end, because plans are made to be changed - especially when traveling with the camper :-)

As luck would have it, Rita and HP, Hilde and Peter, and I had similar plans (we didn't peek at the others ;-)) and so we met again in Evora.

The city is considered a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which is why it was on our itinerary. Especially the bone chapel is more than extraordinary. Here, a complete room made of bones (skulls and extremities) of deceased people has been built. The deceased people expressed their wish to donate their bones before they died. The room serves as a memorial to the living: We, the bones, are waiting for yours.

After Evora, we went to the largest reservoir in Portugal: Lago do Alqueva. We spent some relaxing days here.

Then it was time to say goodbye again. This time probably for a longer time. But who knows where our paths will cross again :-)

For me, it was off to Monsaraz. Almost more beautiful than the walled village itself was the parking space with a breathtaking view of the aforementioned reservoir.

That was my last day in Portugal, because on Thursday I went to the Extremadura region in Spain.

The Extremadura is a very sparsely populated area. Here you can drive on a straight road for hours without passing any villages. The properties here are huge and all fenced in. It reminds me a bit of Namibia. The few villages and towns here however, are more than beautiful.

So far, I have been to the following cities: Zafra, Alange, Mérida, and Cáceres. The latter has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986. The old town is really worth seeing!

After visiting so many cities in the past few days, I long for some nature and hiking. I hope my plan works out :-)