Portuguese Food

At a wine tasting in Evora, there was an older Portuguese woman doing needlepoint based on Moorish patterns.  The back of the pillow had all of the yarn going in one direction only.  She had a
pillow to her right that she glanced at to reproduce the same pattern. Isn't she just marvelous and her needlework is impressive too!

Sometimes we have the opportunity to find a meal on our own especially on a rest day where they might provide breakfast only.  Sometimes you need a break from the sumptuous feasts they have for us most late evenings.  I think this is one day that we decided to skip lunch and have an early dinner right at the hotel we were staying in.  Roasted pepper with melted Shepherd's cheese with micro greens  on a slice of great bread and a little dab of mustard seed dressing to spice things up! How about some sweet, juicy melon, and some type of ham slices for tapas? Susan ordered some grilled octopus for another lunch and I ordered a pork dish with clams in a special sauce! Jan ordered grilled sardines.

 The restaurant had no English menus and the young waitress spoke very little English so we were having a discussion between us as to what to get.  A very nice man sitting next to us who is Portuguese born in Germany also speaks English, Italian, French, was with her Polish girlfriend and really helped us out and gave us some great recommendations.  Magdelina, his girlfriend, recommended the house white wine which came in  huge glass with  at least two normal servings of vino.  What a fun time we had.  We love meeting other people and hearing of their adventures. He had eaten at this place several times as he is looking into buying a place to serve food in this region.