At first I was going to combine a post on Coimbra and Conimbriga, but had too many pics -- about 30 for each place, so I will break those visits into two parts ( Read more... )

All of the above places were mentioned in the Sharpe novels. Torres Vedras has some castle ruins that we checked out on foot. It is an extremely hilly place, so we did a lot of climbing that day. Rufena had told us to go to Sintra instead of Torres Vedras. She said in Torres Vedras we'd have to watch our purses. She was wrong. The people ( Read more... )