Monday 2 April 2018

Easter in Guimaraes...

Crunching over the fallen beech nuts, we climb yet another hill and reach a fine point de vue looking down towards the pousade (historic guest house in Portugal), once a monastery whose twin towers overlook the city of Guimaraes.
The pousade can be found throughout the country, offering historic buildings in which to spend a few elegant days ... The food is also usually excellent. David and I had a bowl of delicious chicken soup and relaxed in a room tiled with coloured azulejos, and where a lady from Brazil (a professional pianist) opened the Yamaha baby-grand and delighted us with some Chopin. True Easter Sunday elegance!


We had chosen this day to be outside, and it looks like it will be the only dryish day of our stay. Aha, I spy some watery sunlight outside so I think will grab the opportunity and execute our plan of visiting the castelo.
More later...



Below: the gardens at the pousade of Guimaraes



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