Nazaré and Óbidos

I won't lie--at this point of the trip I was sincerely sick of driving. When we finally escaped the lunatic drivers on the winding roads of the north we encountered the most convoluted detour one could imagine on the way to Coimbra. The last thing I wanted was more driving. We were also wearing dirty clothes after being rebuffed in our efforts to do our laundry in Coimbra. This adds up to crabbiness.

Despite this, our two stops in Nazaré and Óbidos turned out to be just what the doctor ordered in terms of refreshing pit stops. Both were quick stops of a few hours and both were pretty touristy, but both were also well worth seeing before we hit the home stretch of the vacation in the Alentejo.

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