0121 I'm a sucker for aqueducts (Por 010—new)
When I got to the bus station in Elvas, I was told that there were no buses leaving from that terminal to
I chose the latter. I'm a sucker for aqueducts, and Elvas has the King of all Aqueducts—a four tiered, long one that snakes across a grassy valley. I know that if I don’t explore this town properly, it will haunt me later…
I take my videoclip next to the aqueduct and then head up to the gateway of the city. I climb up the wall for a better view… It’s a beautiful little town, perched high above the surrounding hills.
The castle has a plaque that tells of the battles that took place here against the Moors centuries ago. Clearly Elvas was a very strategic town back in the days…
Then it starts pouring down rain--so I duck into a bar to figure out what to do next. Everybody I ask gives me contradictory information on catching a bus to Spain--most of them point me back to the bus station I originally came from... and a cab will cost me a good 25 Euros...
Oh, what the hell, just do it... do something crazy and create some memories...
And so I do, with my pack and my guitar, a storm cloud to my left and another to my right, I set off on foot into the dusk the 20 or so kilometers to
I follow the wall around the town once more… past farmland and forest… I spot another aqueduct off in the distance just as light is fading…
