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Camino Portuguese Wednesday 29/04/2026 Rest Day Visna do Castelo

29/04/2026 Wednesday
Rest day today.  We all slept in, apart from family making calls at the normal time because we didn't tell them about the rest day. We finally made it down to breakfast by 9.30. We had planned to see the town, but rain changed our plans. We went to the laundromat to wash our clothes and bank to change the large notes that the Australian banks or Travelex gave us.
Had pasties and frozen Acai with fruit for lunch and went back to our rooms and read our kindles.
Dinner tonight was at the restaurant downstairs from our hotel. Last night was a quite affair, tonight, not so much. We sat down lucky to get a table of 4  and after we ordered, the musio started, then she invited someone up to sing, he was brilliant, then karaoke started. We stayed until dinner was finished, enjoyed the karaoke singers that could sing,  then left at around 10.00pm, a late night for us walking the trail.
We should sleep tonight, but can still here the vibrations from downstairs.

Rest day is for recovering.

That's right Julie said I can't believe it, last night I could not move my legs. My brain was saying walk but the legs said no.  This morning they are great.  Sleeping is for recovery.
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