To anyone who loves history, you need to visit Óbidos, a gorgeous walled, medieval village. With ancient churches and a HUGE castle, you could walk around for hours and wouldn’t get bored. Unfortunately, because the castle is so large and magnificent, they turned it into a hotel. Great for all the weddings happening, but not so great for us tourists, who would probably have to pay a huge fee. Okay, so I know that after reading this, you’ll look at all the photos and see how boring and old the churches look. But don’t judge a book by it’s cover. The insides are beautiful! There’s a church a five minute walk from were we live, and floor to ceiling is covered in hand painted Portuguese tiles. They must be centuries old, but they haven’t lost their magic. That aside, I have some great news. We finally adjusted to the time zone! It’s better than it sounds, because before, we weren’t able to sleep at all. It was horrible. Back to the walled castle town, if you want any information on the names of the churches, I’ll have a list below. Let me know what you think of the blog. What do you want me to post about next? Bye for now!
– Anna
Portuguese word of the day: Praia (Pry-uh)
Meaning of the word: Beach
Church Names:
- Saint John the Baptist
- Saint Peter
- Saint Mary
- Church of Mercy
- Saint Martin
- Saint James (Santiago Church) – it’s a library now
The streets were all smooth stone, super slippery. You could see that they made an effort though with the plants, because they had little areas with simple little pink trees. The tiniest things made the biggest difference.
The Dudderar Chronicles 
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