Tomar and a farewell to Portugal

 So, if you've been paying attention you'll know that the big draw is the Convento de Cristo - the most complete Knights Templar castle in Western Europe. It sits on top of the hill overlooking a very nice town, with a very good municipal campsite with a little bread van at 9am (how civilised, normally its 8am so its a mad scramble with everyone in their pj's)

This photo is of the church, got very excited when i saw it then very disappointed to learn that the interior is closed for refurbishment - and I'd come so far. Yet another of my travel disappointments - got to Cairo -the tutankhamoun exhibition had just moved to London, Moscow- Bolshoi ballet in London, Amsterdam - Van Gogh exhibition in London. At least this time the rest of the building could still be visited - and it did live up to expectations -bit of useless information for you -  they built the churches so high so they could attend mass on horseback.
I had a really enjoyable couple of days in Tomar, the weather was really pleasant and I just pottered about- v nice

Then it was time to leave Portugal and head back to Spain. I had enjoyed it and the countryside was lovely but the people seem to be very grumpy- I was told this by an English couple who said once you got to know them they were lovely but seemed very standoffish- maybe I noticed it more cause I'm travelling on my own so tend to smile at people in the street or exchange a couple of pleasantries, then again the language doesnt help - definately sounds Polish or Eastern European. Though I did meet some nice English people on the campsite so that was good. ( Sorry if I've offended any Portuguese people .)