Fri 6 Jun- after the included buffet breakfast, we stepped outside and found it was a cool sunny cloudless day. So we went out to the forest and tried to find the features on the map. Although the map had walking courses shown, we could not find the starting points, and followed red painted marks, thinking they were the guide. The map did not seem to correspond to the territory - maybe part of the mystical magical experience? The marks were not the guide so we ended up at the opposite end of the forest from where we thought we were. We got oriented by comparing the GPS map with the paper map, and followed a trail that looked promising. Just as we were about to give up and go back to the hotel, we came to the 'Fonte Fria' (cold water fountain), the major feature of the forest. We took many photos and video, then followed the path to the 'lago' (lake), and then through the 'Vale dos Petos' (valley of ferns).
We returned to the hotel to rest a bit and plan our July travels - Madrid and Barcelona, and/or France? Kiyomi is still researching what sounds most interesting. Our river cruise situation is still unknown, but a Viking Paris-Prague, and then a Prague to Bucharest sounds good.
Still full from last night and this morning, we drove a couple of kilometers into Luso to shop for a light supper for tonight. We got green and red sweet peppers, tomatoes, cucumber, a lemon (for salad dressing), some plums and a bag of potato chips. We have a bottle of port that will nicely complement the salad, so our digestion should have a chance to recover. We saw numerous restaurants in Luso, so tomorrow we plan to try one. The prices are much less, and hopefully the quality will be good.
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