Bom dia!

  

Sunrise in Monte Gordo , Portugal. It’s the first town on the Portuguese side of the Rio Guadiana along the Algarve. We’re staying in an apartment on the beach through the weekend.  Great for beach walks and swimming in the Atlantic!

  
After Tarragona, we took the train south along the coast about 160 miles to Valencia.  Valencia is Spain’s third largest city with a population around 3/4 million.  Wide boulevards and white art nouveau buildings are quite impressive.

  
Tile work inside the Valencia train station built in 1917.  

  
  
Stained glass inside the train station also. 

  
Plaza outside of our hotel. 

  
The next day, we walked to the modern AVE (alta velocidad espana) train station nearby. The 8:15 am train we took arrived in Sevilla 3 hours 40 minutes and over 500 miles later. Spain has really embraced high speed train travel. 

  

 

  
  
Sevilla hotels and apartments were mostly booked for the three day May 1st weekend, so we rented a car and drove to Monte Gordo. 

  
  
There is a local fishing community here.  Early in the morning, tractors drag the fishing boats to the water’s edge and push them out. 

  

When the boats return…

  
The tractors drag them back up high on the beach. 

  
Tchau (bye) for now…