Porto

The headstay was down, a new one had been ordered, a storm was rolling through in a few days, so we decided to go visit Porto. It’s only 30 minutes by bus and quite the visit.

We were a bit shell shocked at the size of the city and the crowds, but immediately loved the vibe. This is a city you could walk around for hours (mind the hills). Fabulous architecture, lots of history, stopping here and there for a meal, coffee, or cocktails, and street musicians everywhere. On the other side of the river is where the famous port wine distilleries are. I’m sure we just barely scratched the surface, but had such a lovely couple of days wandering around.

Day two was particularly nice when Trip managed to finagle a spot for us at the Barao Fladgate dining room terrace (reservations were required and they were booked up, but……. We were celebrating our 10 year anniversary early and a divine lunch of local octopus for me and rack of pork for him followed by 30 year tawny port was exactly what we needed. It was off for more walking after that!