We went a little further west along the coast today, actually about as far west as we could go, to what is considered the most southwest corner of continential Europe, also known as Sagres. We were joined by our new friends Mark and Denise Brown from Pittsburgh, PA, who we met in Evora.
We first went to Sagres Fortress, a 15th century fort with one fortified wall along a peninsula with sheer cliffs as borders (that would work for the US….let’s start digging!).
There was a maze like building surrounding an opening to a sea cave, and this opening had the loudest sounds….as if a dragon was living inside the cave.
That’s Denise on the left, and Mark on the right of Kim. Graffitti is a MAJOR issue in Portugal….might as well be Harlem! The opening to the cave is right under their feet.
Here is Kim standing over one of the vents to the sea cave. This thing was made for Marilyn Monroe! The video doesn’t do it justice. I kept looking for the volume button to turn it down!
This is a compass rose that was discovered in 1919. and supposedly related to a seafaring school at this site run by Henry the Navigator.
Nearby is Cabo de Sao Vicente, which is another peninsula about 2 miles away, with some excellent viewpoints up the coast to the North.
The swells below this point were very large. Watch that one pont in the rocks that looks like it’s somewhat protected from the waves in the photo above (suggest going to full screen).
