Just a random shot of the countryside in between small towns between Obidos and Peniche.  To me, it looks much like Northern California, down to the crops and vineyards.  There are homes scattered throughout the countryside in small groupings just like the West of the US some years back.  The drive on tiny back-country roads was pleasant enough and I never did suffer the threat of fanatical high-speed dangerous drivers. Portugal is pretty inviting on almost every scale.