Portugal stay #3 – Casa de Paleirmas
Monday
Stopped in Setúbal on our drive and ate at a super cute little restaurant. The food was great and the €3 liter of wine was amazing!
Arrived at casa de palmeiras, Thais place is so cute and quaint and amazing. Lots of space to explore. Gardens, chickens, goats, ducks, guinea pigs and more! We ordered a ”delivery” dinner at our place. Helped with the evening feeding of the animals.
Tuesday
Ate out regular breakfast at home, fresh baked bread, homemade jams, cheese, fresh fruits
We spend most of the day in the nearby town if Viseu. We walked around the weekly market a bit. Then lunched at a curate little wine bar/tapas place near the cathedral.
2-hour Tuk tuk tour with Suzanne. We saw lots of historical sights and street art (mostly commissioned murals.) sawyer likes seeing the peacocks at the park.
Went home and fed the animals and helped milk the goats.
Wednesday
This was mostly relaxing day around the farm. Lots of laying around and reading. Sawyer spent a lot of time on the swing set and playing with his new friend next door, Joanna (age 7). Sawyer helped with watering the garden and planting some seeds. We did a quick drive to a nearby town (Nelas) for lunch and a small grocery run (well, mostly a wine run). This was a great, low-key day before heading out for more adventure the next day.
Thursday
Finished up our fresh bread/fruit/cheese breakfast and packed up the car to go to our next destination!
Road trip detour: “the Venice of Portugal “
We stopped half way in the town of Aveiro, sometimes called “Venice if Portugal” because if it’s canals and gondaleirs.
This was a pretty quick stop because we wanted to get to Porto before rush hour. We had a quick pizza lunch, then a 45 minute boat ride. This boat was nothing like the gondola ride in Venice like it was built up to be. The canals were wide and straight (and a little boring), and the boats, while quite pretty and shaped like an Italian gondola, were really big, holding up to maybe 20 people, and motor powered. Our guide was a young guy with a little too much pep and bad humor for the crowd. Maybe he was a little Day-drunk? Who’s to say?
