Technically, this is our 8th day on the Camino, but we’re not walking towards Santiago today. Nope… we’re taking a day off to explore Portugal’s oldest chartered town (vilar), Ponte de Lima.First things first… we slept in. No alarm at 0630. No rushing to pack the duffel that needs to be lugged downstairs and ready for porter service pick-up by 0800. No ace-bandaging my knee, or wearing two pairs of socks, or donning our hiking shoes and backpacks. Nope, we lounged till nearly 0830, read the Times, then headed out to enjoy yet another warm, sunny Portugal day.In search of a late breakfast/early lunch, we retraced our steps back into the old city, there’s a life-size bronze statue of a bull that’s pretty impressive in a square just before crossing the bridge. It commemorates the traditional annual bull running event (Vaca das Cordas) which takes place during the Corpus Christi festival each year in June. Some newly-arrived pilgrim arrivals had already lined up their backpacks at the…
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