Óbidos is a beautiful walled city that takes you back a number of century. We visited when we lived there and loved it. Sure would like to see it again now that I know this story.
The first king of Portugal, Dom Afonso Henriques, laid siege to the Óbidos castle for two months, but the moorish population resisted his attack. One moonless night, a beautiful lady came down from the castle to speak to the king. She told him that, although she lived in the castle, she was not moorish. And that she had a recurrent dream she had to fulfill. The king was to attack the castle’s main door. At the same time, he would send a small group of soldiers to the back. There, the lady would leave an open door to let them in. Their surprise attach would secure the victory of the Portuguese troops.
The king of Portugal feared falling into a trap. But something about the lady’s demeanor convinced him to adopt her plan. The next day, the castle back door was indeed open and the Portuguese conquered Óbidos. The king looked everywhere for the beautiful lady, but…
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The Portugal Years 
Every time you show pics…the professor is blown away. It’s so awesome.
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Wow. That really was part of you flying by… 😉 I’m glad you like it. It is a really awesome place to visit.
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*laughs* It is. I’ll have to visit some day. It’s just incredible.
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you’ll need to slow down a bit…
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The professor never relaxes, I know. Rats.
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Only rats?
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And a heifer.
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You had me scared there for a minute.
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Sometimes I forget the Heifer, see.
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Poor heifer
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Beautiful pictures, great story. Have always loved castles.
So there is no idea who the beautiful lady was?
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Not so far as I know. I haven’t dug deeper, though.
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