After a few lazy days, when we moved a few miles with the tide, from one sleepy village to the next, yesterday we arrived at Alcoutim at the Portuguese side, and Sanlucar at the Spanish side.

Each little town is overlooking the other one, divided by approx. 100 meters width of river water. Both towns also has an old fortress overlooking it's counterpart.

Interestingly enough, the last time these neighbour countries actually were at waar with eachother, was in the later 1600s, the same time as the last war between Sweden and Denmark.

Perhaps we could label the 17th century as the 'great neighbor war-century' ?


Hard to imagine the fierce battles that probably took place here, because there's difficult to imagine a more idyllic place on earth....

Both the villages has pontoons where visiting boats can tie up, there is water and power at the pontoons, and even a dedicating building with showers (!)

Pure luxury, for us since we can hardly remember the last time we had a hot shower indoors...


Tomorrow, the 1stof May and on Sunday, there will be PARTY here. A 'spring welcoming part' of sorts and in both villages, so we can pick the raisons out of the cake.

Today, we went to buy some food, in the morning to Alcoutim, and in the afternoon in Sanlucar.

Sometimes, life is truely beautiful.