The day started with a short train ride of maybe 8 miles or so to get us into the vicinity of Valada from where we walked to Santarem. We clocked about 14 miles in hot weather that wiped us both out. Two beers each at the end of the day and two more each with dinner finally rehydrated us.
Azambuja it turns out is another Pamplona with running of the bulls , but there's no bull fight afterwards. The pic shows the wooden barriers ready to be erected at the end of the month for the running. Had tapas last night with Portuguese style baby snails--really had to work to extract them. So many poppies on the way and we saw our first way marker (blue for Fatima and yellow Santiago). BIG rush to Fatima for important anniversary!
The landscape was filled with new seedlings and the fields had tractor traffic everywhere. Red tulip fields spiced up the landscape.
