Woke up this morning (Tuesday, September 13th) to torrential rain and 30+ mile per hour winds. After looking at the weather forecast, discovered the Portuguese Coast was getting hammered with tropical rainstorm Danielle! Decided to forego walking today and instead ate a leisurely breakfast and read or watched a little TV this morning. At one point, the rain seemed to diminish somewhat and Becky, Theresa and I decided to walk across the plaza to the tourist information (TI) office. As soon as we were a few feet out the door, the rain and wind picked up with a vengeance as we ran for the safety of the TI. When we left the TI, the sun was starting to peek its head out from the clouds and Becky and Theresa decided to walk across the street and view a tile wall on display there. Less than a few minutes later (after I had safely gotten back to our hotel), the skies opened up and they came back looking like drowned rats. That was our only foray outside until we got in our taxis to take us to Esposende.
When we reached Esposende, the rain and wind had calmed down and we were able to find a laundromat and get our laundry done and then have a quick lunch of chicken soup and salad in the town of Fão. Made it back to our hotel without any further incident.
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