A day to explore the local town of Tordesillas. There is no shortage of beautifully kept ancient villages all over Spain. Apparently Tordesillas is famous for the signing of a treaty between Spain and Portugal on 7th June 1494. The treaty basically carved up the world based on a meridian line in order to split up the new world between Spain and Portugal. How the mighty are fallen…
It was also the day of Corpus Christi celebrations which is a Roman Catholic festivity. All the kids have been dressed up – girls in white flowing dresses like a wedding dress and boys suited and booted.
Convent of Santa Clara – closed
Still, this timing meant the convent was closed due to the celebrations and this was the one land mark we really wanted to look around. It was a palace in the days before it became a convent but today it was “cerrado”.
Tordesillas Starter
Lunch was in the main square and consisted of a three course Menu of the day. Mo had salad followed by cod and I had scrambled eggs with prawn followed by chicken kebabs. All washed down with a customary beer and glass or two of vino tinto.
Tordesillas Main Course
Main course
Where’s the chocolate
Profiteroles were a little weird.