At first light it looked like it could be a nice day. When I walked out the door it was raining. I met Jeanne at the bakery nearby. Later the girls joined us. And then Francisco made his triumphant return having escaped the clutches of all the women his uncle and his aunt tried to have him marry.
It was now pouring.
We walked, had coffee, put on the ponchos, took off the ponchos. Today was a lot of poncho. Our feet were wet and the traffic sprayed us. I never took my phone out as it was always wet. I don't remember much of the walk but there was a lot more up and down today. We seemed to be walking through a lot of connected small villages where people drove to work.
Francisco in his time away went several days walk north of Porto with his family. It took his uncle a few minutes to drive him from where we left him to the bakery. Cars are certainly faster than feet.
We found a little place for lunch with about 5km to go and had the special of the day. For less than 9€ we got a lot of food. Sorry I was too cold and wet to take a picture. It was soup, fries, rice, mixed grill, a drink, coffee and a salad. I had trouble finishing and left 90% of the rice. We did dry out and I put on dry socks which helped.
We pressed on. Lots more up and down. Lots more rain. Once the sun came out for a few minutes and it was wonderful. It rained more.
At the edge of town we stopped for a beer. More accurately, Jeanne and I stopped for a beer. The others hid from the rain. It was coming down pretty steadily right up to the hotel. We all booked the same place which was convenient. It was great to get warm and dry.
Francisco, Jeanne and I went for a beer. The guy was giving me the evil eye because he wanted to close. We went to dinner and Audrey joined. Fun dinner. I got very tired by the end.
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