The countryside was beautiful on the way and we did chortle when our guide informed us we’d been in Portugal already half an hour at one stage! We’d been expecting a border. Lol!
Table set for dinner on our first night here.
Markets the following morning. A fishing area so the fish was really fresh.
Afternoon visit to a huge government farm - Samora Correla. Over 10,000ha which is mainly farmed by tenants. We saw grapes, olives, cork oaks, horses , cattle and some sheep. Rice growing is also a big thing here. On the way we drove for ages on a very long bridge over the low flat country near the river. And on the way back the "bridge" was 12.5 km long and we were able to see folk fishing or maybe gathering shelfish in the shallow water.
Jock taking notes and our host explaining the cork harvest.
Lusitana (Portugese) horses - for sale. 8-20,000 euros!!
Table set for dinner on our first night here.
Markets the following morning. A fishing area so the fish was really fresh.
Afternoon visit to a huge government farm - Samora Correla. Over 10,000ha which is mainly farmed by tenants. We saw grapes, olives, cork oaks, horses , cattle and some sheep. Rice growing is also a big thing here. On the way we drove for ages on a very long bridge over the low flat country near the river. And on the way back the "bridge" was 12.5 km long and we were able to see folk fishing or maybe gathering shelfish in the shallow water.
Jock taking notes and our host explaining the cork harvest.
Lusitana (Portugese) horses - for sale. 8-20,000 euros!!
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