On leaving the site which took ages saying our goodbyes we moved south to Elvas and located ourselves with just a few others in an enormous car park next to the monumental viaduct
The 'only van in the village'
This hilltop fortified town is again steeped in history due mainly to its border location and the castle visit revealed a very chequered past with numerous build-ons
Nina's vertigo kicked in nicely here and I expected her landing on top of me at some stage
The castle sports a small cafe, just dandy!
€3.00 total, tasty and hot, come on France!
Elvas is a really nice town with a friendly feel and lots of quaint shops. Nina's particular favourite was the linen shop from which we bought tea towels and table cloths at silly prices, thanks for these goodies Nina…..
Rather natty market square art
Don't agree with this but cute anyway
Scene of our lunch, 2/3 courses, lots of wine and coffee, €15.00 all in….
We returned to a rather hot van as we had forgotten to deploy the blinds again and sauntered off to Terrugem to stay the night in a very quiet Aire……hopefully
Nice to see the sunshine, although it is beautiful here at the moment. Glad you still visiting some beautiful places. Sat in weatherspoons in Nottingham thinking of our last visit in Bingham. Enjoy & hope 2 hear from you soon. Am planning to blog my Oz adventures when we start at the end of the month. Take care P & J xx
ReplyDeleteWe are pleased the weather has broken in the UK. I thought the rain would never stop! Its glorious here but they've had bad weather also this winter. As ever I am peeling so have overdone the sun exposure!
ReplyDeleteSeems ages ago we went out in Bingham but am missing a real pint already, so have swapped evils for vinho tinto as its dirt cheap and quite good. Favourite is still Rioja though
Bet you can't wait for your Oz trip, sounds great!
Email you soon
Pete & Nina xx