Month: March 2019

Medieval Monsaraz

Along the spanish border, we drove around the Alqueva Reservoir until we reached the town of Monsaraz which has a castle on a prominent hill and a city wall completely surrounding the town. Monsaraz is one of the oldest historic towns in the Alentejo region and very well preserved with wonderful little streets, cobbled with …

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Pulo do Lobo & Serpa

At the hill above the Pulo do Lobo waterfall we had found a peaceful place. Down in the valley we climbed over many rocks to get a good view of the river and the waterfall. the canyon of the Guadiana River her he comes looking very peaceful between the rocks we were surprised to find …

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Mértola & the super moon

One of the many gems of the Alentejo is Mértola at the Guadiana river. After driving through endless pastures with oak trees we suddenly reached this beautiful town surrounded by walls and with a castle on top. Arriving at Mértola crossing the river Igreja Matriz – originally a mosque from the 12th century Entrance to …

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Hiking around Loulé

At the Algarve in Portugal, we found 2 beautiful hikes not far from Loulé: the Fonte Benémola and Rocha da Pena. Both easy walks and especially in spring a pleasure with all the wild flowers in bloom. After spending 1 week in Austria we had returned to Faro where we had left our cochecito. We …

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Baking bread

We like to bake our own bread, which is normaly from wholemeal spelt flour with changing ingredients. ingredients for whole grain bread 500g wholemeal spelt flour 1 sachet of yeast 1 teaspoon of salt a pinch of sugar spices like caraway, fennel and coriander seeds 1/2 a cup of seeds like pumpkin and/or sunflower 1/2 …

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Minas de Riotinto

One of the main attractions in Huelva are the mines of Riotinto. We waited two days for better weather before we went there. Cerro Colorado The area of Riotinto is a zone of volcanogenic massive sulfide ore deposit which has produced significant copper, zinc, lead, gold and silver. Cerro Colorado covers a surface of 4,2 …

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Sierra Morena

When we reached the north of Huelva, we visited two interesting towns: Aracena and Almonaster la Real in the beautiful hills of the Sierra Morena. isn’t it cute ? Again, the landscape is dominated by hills covered in oak trees and pastures. Here we managed to capture some of the famous pigs with our camera. …

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Itálica

Near Sevilla lies Itálica, a roman town founded in 206 BC to settle victorious Italian veterans from the Second Punic Wars against Hannibal and the Carthaginians – therefore the name. Neptune mosaic Itálica thrived especially under the patronage of Hadrian, as it was favoured as his birthplace. The city started to dwindle as early as …

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