Rain Rain Go Away

(Wednesday, October 9, Viana do Costello) Hurricane/Cyclone Kirk reared his ugly head in the Atlantic and impacted the coast of Portugal and Spain these past few days. So I had a good excuse to give my leg a rest yet another day. We called an Uber to take us from Esposende to Viana do Costello this morning.

The artwork in this region is interesting. A lot of papermache sculptures with big goofy heads. And they all seem to have their mouths open.

Our hotel here is lovely and this town of very narrow cobblestone streets is fun to walk. There is a church high on a hill and we headed that way to get a beautiful view but decided to forego the extreme uphill hike on our “day off.” 

We went to the Museum do Traje (Costume museum). It was fascinating to see the history of dress in this Portuguese region.  Each role women played in life had a different “norm” for wear - from fishmonger wives to cleaners to weavers and on and on. Dang! They wore alot of layers.

Otherwise it was a pretty uneventful day and hopefully gave my leg time to heal. I’m feeling a certain amount of guilt for having walked only 12,000 steps today. Onward tomorrow. Buom Camino