Camino Walks, Rest Day, Viana do Castelo

 After a 20 mile day, the day before, we took a well deserved rest day in Viana do Castelo. We started the day by taking the Funicular up to Santa Lúzia Church. Beautiful church w/ great views of the surrounding city below. After that we went back to our hotel and gathered are dirty laundry and went to a laundry mate to do our laundry. Returning to our room with all our laundry fresh & clean, Maryann decided to stay in the room and rest while I went out to explore the city and take in as many sites as I could. Below are a few of the sites I found, enjoy the pics.


































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