In the morning, we went to Marvao so that Nathan could take his first trip to the castle. The highlight of our morning there was watching a brush fire that was burning on the other side of Marvao. Two helecopters were making round trips between the golf course and the fire, picking up water from the lake on the course and flying around the mountain to dump it on the fire. I took some video and some pretty good pictures of this, we had a bird's eye view from where we were at the top of Marvao. It was only about a hundred foot walk to go from seeing down one side of the mountain to see the golf course to the other side of the mountain to see the brush fire, even though the two places were miles apart.
After a light lunch at a small outside restaurant in Marvao, we went to the nursing home to visit Maria's aunt, who seemed just as depressing as ever.
Later in the afternoon, after we got back, I went to play a round of golf. I played the back nine because there was some tournament going on on the front. It was a really hot day, and after a shaky start I completely fell apart after going up the hill on the 12th and 13th holes. As the round went on, I progressively got worse and worse to the point where I essentially picked up on each of the last three holes, taking a max on each hole. I ended up shooting a 59, and lost track of how many balls I lost. I think I lost around seven over the round of nine holes. After that, I decided to take a couple of days off from golf to try to clear my head.
Isabel and Bob decided to stay in a hotel that night to try to get some sleep. Apparently, the noise from the festival the night before kept Bob awake most of the night, and he estimates that he only got an hour or so of sleep. We found a place that had a room for them just down the road in Portage. After I dropped them off, Maria, John and I went to the bullfights again. Didn't stay too long, maybe an hour or so, because John was tired and was falling asleep.
John in the square outside Maria's parent's house.
A closer view of the house (the one with the yellow trim).
John takes a drink from the fountain in the square.
Before going to Marvao, we went up to the little chapel on the hill which overlooks Castelo de Vide. Bob attempted a human sacrifice of Kevin on a stone altar outside the chapel while the rest of the men look on.
Bill and Kevin at the cross on top of the hill.
A couple of views of Castelo de Vide from the chapel on the hill.
Those two little peaks in the middle of this photo are right on the Portugal/Spain border, no more than 6 miles or so from Sao Salvador.
Nathan and Kevin in the fortress at Marvao. I wonder how many times that cannon was fired while fighting off the Spaniards?
John stands on top of the gate that is one of the entrances to the fortress at Marvao.
A view of the fire we saw from up in Marvao. If you look closely at the lake in the bottom photo, you can see a helicopter scooping up water that it will use in trying to put out the fire.
Some photos from the bullfights that night in Sao Salvador.
After a light lunch at a small outside restaurant in Marvao, we went to the nursing home to visit Maria's aunt, who seemed just as depressing as ever.
Later in the afternoon, after we got back, I went to play a round of golf. I played the back nine because there was some tournament going on on the front. It was a really hot day, and after a shaky start I completely fell apart after going up the hill on the 12th and 13th holes. As the round went on, I progressively got worse and worse to the point where I essentially picked up on each of the last three holes, taking a max on each hole. I ended up shooting a 59, and lost track of how many balls I lost. I think I lost around seven over the round of nine holes. After that, I decided to take a couple of days off from golf to try to clear my head.
Isabel and Bob decided to stay in a hotel that night to try to get some sleep. Apparently, the noise from the festival the night before kept Bob awake most of the night, and he estimates that he only got an hour or so of sleep. We found a place that had a room for them just down the road in Portage. After I dropped them off, Maria, John and I went to the bullfights again. Didn't stay too long, maybe an hour or so, because John was tired and was falling asleep.
John in the square outside Maria's parent's house.A closer view of the house (the one with the yellow trim).John takes a drink from the fountain in the square.Before going to Marvao, we went up to the little chapel on the hill which overlooks Castelo de Vide. Bob attempted a human sacrifice of Kevin on a stone altar outside the chapel while the rest of the men look on.Bill and Kevin at the cross on top of the hill.A couple of views of Castelo de Vide from the chapel on the hill.Those two little peaks in the middle of this photo are right on the Portugal/Spain border, no more than 6 miles or so from Sao Salvador.Nathan and Kevin in the fortress at Marvao. I wonder how many times that cannon was fired while fighting off the Spaniards?John stands on top of the gate that is one of the entrances to the fortress at Marvao.A view of the fire we saw from up in Marvao. If you look closely at the lake in the bottom photo, you can see a helicopter scooping up water that it will use in trying to put out the fire.Some photos from the bullfights that night in Sao Salvador.
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