A cactus garden in the evening light, seen from our van door on pitch at an eco-commune in Proença-a-Velha (📷1). The next morning, two new wildlife sightings: B’s first-ever look at Rhipicephalus sanguineus | the brown dog tick—we’ve been vaccinated against TBE (📷2) & a mongoose that crossed the road in front of us. Later, having continued south into the Alentejo region, we made a spontaneous visit to Anta | dolmen 1 of São Gens (📷3); it’s 1 of 4 megalithic tombs near Nisa that may have been erected as early as 3500 BCE. Castelo de Vide was a picturesque drive-by, developed around a 13th–14th C. hilltop castle (📷4); it’s also known for whitewashed houses, Jewish history & greenery.

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