We spent the afternoon going back in time almost 50 000 years, visiting holy places like old caves with paintings of wild horses and aurochs, menhirs and the stone circles Cromeleque dos Almendres. People say they have a supernatural power. So of course I touched those with circles and other ornaments - we'll see what happens...Then my nice host Fernando left for Lisbon and I had a last walk through Evora, a powerful place and a town I definitely will want to come back to.
Next morning I got some "pão-de-rala", a cake special for Evora made by the nuns in the monastery, as a gift for my host Fernanda in Sintra, a bottle of water and had still 50,43 € left. But when I wanted to pay my bill for two nights at the hotel, I couldn't pay with my card because of tecnical problems. There went my last 50 €, and no time to go to a bank.
So how to pay the taxi and get to the bus station in time to catch the bus to Lisbon? The woman at the counter saw I was a bit desperate, and gave me a bill for 45 € for the two nights. Wasn't that sweet?
The taxi was 4,70 €, so I gave the driver a tip of 0,30 €, and - good luck! - the bank machine at the bus station worked!
Now I'm sitting in the public library in Sintra, checking my mail and hc. Portugal is the only country I know of with free internet access in public places. The town hall in Evora even had a cafe right beside the computers. Something Germany could take over.
I was happy to find the library on the map of Sintra I got at the tourist information at the station, because I couldn't reach my host Fernanda who will take me to her place. And you can't go sightseeing with my so called light weight two bags. I left them at the library counter. Something else you could not do in Germany!
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