Aguada de Baixo

Not a lot to report.
Really pleasant walking weather today. Sunny, but not hot. In fact I felt a chill in the air when I started at 6:30 this morning.

I met up with Tracy, a woman from Colorado and we walked about 5 miles together to a town where we thought that there should be a café. We weren't finding anything, but heard a woman in her yard calling her cats, and decided to ask her. She told us that the restaurant had closed, but she had just made coffee, and did we want some? Not being much of a coffee drinker, I declined, but Tracy stayed and had coffee. She also offered the use of her bathroom, and that was an offer I accepted!

I walked alone again for maybe a half hour until I met up with Tom from Toronto who I had met yesterday. It didn't seem long before we arrived in Águeda, where we stopped to have a bite to eat before checking into our respective accommodations. We were quickly joined by several others, and made a plan to meet up later this afternoon.

Águeda is a cute little town with all services, several restaurants, grocery stores, etc. I'm a little disappointed because my friends Tina and Roel were here last September and I had seen pictures that they took at the time of the main shopping street with brightly colored umbrellas overhead. When I checked in at the hotel, the receptionist said that they don't put them up until June.

I'm staying at a nice place and my room has a lovely little balcony!Read more