Day 2 in Portugal

Hello All!  After a very good night's sleep, we started this morning with some exercise in the "gymnasium" and then headed to the dining room for a European breakfast.  We then got cleaned up, packed up and checked out of our Pousada.
Pousada - you are probably wondering what we are talking about when we say that we are staying at a Pousada.  They are historical buildings (castles, monasteries, convents, etc) that are government owned and independently operated as hotels here in Portugal.  The Pousada that we are in tonight is a castle that was built in the 12th century.  Yes, it is very old!!  They have very nice restaurants and great facilities.  Last night, the reception room, dining room and bar were all in an old castle and the guest rooms were in an old flour mill.

A Portugese delicacy - cheese with salt, pepper and bread

The main street in Obidos

The restaurant where we had lunch today

A "side street" in Obidos

The view from our castle

Another view from the castle

View from the front of the castle

The front of the castle

The garden in front of the castle

The last set of steps to the entrance!

Happy Hour!

Our table and the view for dinner

Tonight's appetizer

View at dinner

Big Papa

Closer view of Big Papa

In to the Dining Room from our Private Room

Another view from the castle

We then said goodbye to Porto and drove to Obidos.  It is a very small, quaint town.  We walked down the main street and had some lunch and then came to our hotel.  Unfortunately, because this is such an old building and up on a very high hill, we had to carry our bags up at least 50 steep cobblestone steps (Big Papa was loving that!).  After lunch, we had a bottle of wine while sitting in the garden reading.  Tonight was dinner here at the Posada, and it was lovely!  The view was spectacular and the service great.  After a glass of port, we retired to our room to do this post.  Tomorrow is off to Lisbon.