Family Sabbatical TravelSpain Our time was up in Galicia so it was time to start the drive back to Madrid. Things had been planned so that we would stop over night in Zamora along the way. This gave us some time, so we decided to make a detour to see Portugal. Borders being what they are these days, we were met on the Spanish side with this map ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220001 of the Spanish side of the border and a speed limit sign ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220002 and on the Portuguese side with this speed limit sign ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220003 No one was nearby who might even consider stamping passports or asking what we were bringing. We drove through 20km of twisty roads through the hills to reach the town ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220004 of Braganca where the first stop was to relieve ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220005 ourselves (notice how it rotates to flush) and all ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220006 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220007 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220008 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220009 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220010 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220011 have a lunch of pizza ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220016 and salad ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220015 at the pizza grill ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220014 (entrega gratuita) while looking out at the fountain ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220012 and phone booth ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220013 on the town square.

After lunch, we explored the town starting with the phone booths ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220017 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220023 and the fountain ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220018 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220019 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220020 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220021 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220022 and then the bank ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220024 that told us the exchange rates. We looked at this street scene ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220026 and picked out places for men ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220025 and women ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220027 to get their hair cut, stopped to mail our post cards ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220028 and then headed back to Spain for the drive to Zamora where this guy ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220029 greeted us at our hotel.

While we ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220031 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220032 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220033 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220034 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220035 were having drinks and bread and cheese at the cafe, we ran into the stork's nest ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220030 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220036 atop the church near this police station ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220037 atop this church.

Finally, we watched the sky turn colors ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220038 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220039 with the sun as we headed to our dinner including melon com jamon ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220040 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220041 (2 views) and gazpacho ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.22.00Portugal//P7220042 in the restaurant where the ladies at the next table couldn't believe we would photograph our food but made it clear that we could not photograph them.