Castelo de Almourol, Torres Novas, Tomar, Abrantes

At my university in Rotterdam, I met some Portuguese girls on exchange, who study in Lisbon at the Nova University. When I went to Portugal, I met them all again. In Portugal, I spent a weekend in of the girl's hometown, Entroncamento. She showed me around by car and I saw a lot of things I would not have seen without her. I took a lot of nice pictures, and you can see some of them here on this page.

Castelo de Almourol:

The first thing she showed me was this ancient castle on an island in the Tagus River. We were brought there by a little boat.

Torres Novas:

In Torres Novas, we went to another castle. There are a lot of castles in Portugal.

Tomar:

Tomar was founded as head-quarters of the Templar knights in the 12th century.

Standing in front of the Convent of Christ.

Inside the Convent.

The famous window at the Convent of Christ.

Igreja de São João Baptista.

Abrantes:

The last thing we did, was to visit Abrantes. And of course, we went to a nice castle again.

Here I am standing on a wall of that castle.

A skate ramp in front of a castle. Looks a bit weird.

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