Day 5 Lisbon to Evora

 Sandy again.

So, That night, Jim got sick. A bit of a fever, stuffed nose sore throat. Luckily, I had a mask in my purse. Took an Uber to the bus depot...Jim put in "Stet Rio" on Uber, not knowing that Sete Rio is a district, not the bus depot. The driver knew zero english and drove us to the middle of a street. it took a while to explain it wad the bus depot we wanted, then of course, it was a couple of KM away, so we promised hima tip. We gave him an extra 10 Euros for his trouble, so he was happy,

The bus trip was onl 1.5 hours and was great. In Portugal, buses are preferable to the trains. Train system is unreliable, on strike or track issues. Busses are taken by everyone, clean, comfortable, on time. Reserved seats so there is no rush to get on.

Arrived in Evora and met up with our group. We got there at about noon, so the afternoon, after a lunch of vichysous soup, fried mackerel and white wine, we went to the Chapel of Bones. Literally a chapel with the bones of the 16th century graves taken and cemented to the walls, it could be macabre, but it wasn't.

Jim wasn't feeling well, so we went back to the hotel and napped until supper.

Our supper was with the group, a walk into town, past the old roman aqueduct. A variety of appetizers ( eggs fried with asparagus, mussels cooked in olive oil and garlic), main course of Blackened pork (pork fed acorns) potatoes and chestnuts. Yum Yum and of course, red or white wine. Jim did not come, he slept in the room.

Tommorow, the cycling begins.

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