Sunday 16th to Tuesday 18th June

On the Sunday we had an all say tour to Coimbra. On the way we stopped for a coffee and pastry. Coimbra is an old university town housed in a palace on top of a hill. We walked through a dusty library, inspected the university dungeon and then descended to the lower town for lunch. On the way back we inspected a ruined castle. In the evening we had another mediocre meal in town. On the Monday the mayor hosted a reception for us. Plaques were exchanged and Port drunk. Email was accessed and boat repairs carried out. The evening was wet and windy. It was blowing too hard to leave on the Tuesday so we had another day in port and walked along the deserted beach.