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
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of the Spanish side of the border and a speed limit sign
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and on the Portuguese side with this speed limit sign
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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
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of Braganca where the first stop was to relieve
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ourselves (notice how it rotates to flush)
and all
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have a lunch of pizza
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and salad
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at the pizza grill
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(entrega gratuita) while looking out at the fountain
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and phone booth
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on the town square.
After lunch, we explored the town starting with the phone booths
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and the fountain
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and then the bank
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that told us the exchange rates. We looked at this street scene
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and picked out places for men
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and women
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to get their hair cut, stopped to mail our post cards
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and then headed back to Spain for the drive to Zamora where this guy
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greeted us at our hotel.
While we
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were having drinks and bread and cheese at the cafe, we ran into the stork's nest
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atop the church near this police station
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atop this church.
Finally, we watched the sky turn colors
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with the sun as we headed to our dinner including melon com jamon
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(2 views) and gazpacho
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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.