http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Alentejo/-vora/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Portugal , Alentejo , vora en-us Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:24:30 BST Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:24:30 BST Our adventures began early on our way into Portugal on June 4th. We were up early and had a nice long brisk walk to the bus station. Our plan was to leave Seville by a direct bus which would cross the border at Badajoz then continue on to vora our first destination in Portugal. But surprise this wasn't to be as simple as it sounded Apparently there was no longer a direct bus and we would http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Alentejo/-vora/blog-288997.html 8220A church made of bone8221 I exclaimed. 8220Yes and tastefully done too8221 came Ralph8217s reply. The bus taking both of us from the city of Palmyra in Syria continued to rumble along the dusty desert highway as visions of a bone church unfurled in my mind. I again questioned 8220Human bone8221 and the answer though expected was still a surprising 8220Yes http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Alentejo/-vora/blog-271110.html Hello AgainWersquove been so very lucky with the weather so far but this week has been almost too much to hope for. Wersquove travelled inland about 100 miles and the temperature has gone up several degrees. The site we are staying on is within walking distance of Evora but it really is too hot to walk fortunately there are plenty of places to park free of charge just outside with cit http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Alentejo/-vora/blog-213408.html vora.Dj ce nom vocateur tmoigne drsquoun riche pass la fois complexe et vari. Du cromolech des almendres sortes de Menhirs de lrsquoage nolithiquefavorisant la forme phallique plus que toute autreaux palaiscouvents et cathdrale qui sont regroups sur ce promontoire de la taille drsquoun petit MontRoyalvora tale ses 2000 ans drsquohistoire sous toutes ses formes. Un temp http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Alentejo/-vora/blog-139574.html Good Days and Bad News in Lagos The Grottoes of Lagos are Beautiful Today started as usual. We got up figured out how to use the shower this sounds easy to you stateside people but every place wersquove been the shower is different showered got some quick food and set out about the town. We started out by walking down by the water and checking out the seaside part of the town. Shortl http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Alentejo/-vora/blog-103971.html A Rainy Day Wonrsquot Stop Our Fun A Night of Fabulous Food Last night we finally got a moment of down time to focus on our finances. After posting yesterdayrsquos blog we went back to our hotel and Kel worked some Excel finance magic. She created a spreadsheet that allows us to tally our daily costs broken down by food living transportation etc. The spreadsheet gives us a daily total http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Alentejo/-vora/blog-103324.html Yesterday Lisbon Today Evora As I told you in yesterdayrsquos blog today was our first adventure using mass transit within Europe. Last night we had a decent dinner at a restaurant in Barrio Alto where we finally got a chance to try Vinho Verde which is a carbonated wine. We tried a red variety and found it to be quite tasty just like you said Leigh C. but it also packs a decent punch. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Alentejo/-vora/blog-102983.html