Yesterday we went on our trip to the Serra and you would think that everyone would enjoy a trip to a glacial valley and the highest mountain of continental Portugal. The opposite is true… Only the two of us (Trude en ik) and Sjef (earth and economy bachelor student) joined Vincent, Boris and Michel. After 2.5 hours of driving we arrived in a village in the valley. First we enjoyed a cup of coffee with a local delicacy. We tried to find the road to one of nature’s greatest miracles, the Poco do Inferno. The locals were giving us different directions, so which road to take? Eventually we thought we had found the falls, but later we discovered that we were not there yet… A bit disappointing for a walk that should have been 7 km and turned out to be 18 according to Vincent’s GPS track. And all of this with a hot sun above our head and on a nice slope. By the time we came back in the village everyone’s water and salt balance was far negative. After a nice drink (a lot of water) we continued our trip to Torre, the highest peak. By car this time though. On our way up we had a very nice view into the glacial valley and along the way there were several opportunities for a small snowball fight.
Once we reached the top we enjoyed the great view and some nice ham and cheese. The trip went on following nice mountain roads but for us the time had come to head home. We had a last stopover for a salty diner.
It was a beautiful but exhausting day.
Greetings Trude & Jeska
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