Ipanema Porto

... are. The distilleries were surprisingly accessible, with all of them offering tours of the caves and tastings, for a fee of course. We were only able to visit a couple (Porto seems to close for 2 hours during lunch) before catching our evening flight out, but we are glad to have tried some new and very interesting kinds of port. Thank you Portugal, we will be back to see more.

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We drove to Madelana about 8 kilometers from Porto. As we got near Jessica decided that she was no longer going to be our sat nav floozie and left us in the lurch in a narrow cobbled street. A kind passerby volunteered to accompany us out of difficulty but there was no room in the car. Where upon a passing motorist stopped and offered to lead us to the camp site. There followed a journey down twisting cobbled streets some of them two way as he stopped the oncoming ...

We drove through the rain and Jessica (sat nav) took us up into the mountains. When she wanted us to do a sharp hairpin bend that was impossible with the caravan we had to carry on to a dead end in the road. As the rain got heavier we had to unhitch the caravan, turn round and rehitch and retrace our route. Unfortunately we did it very ...

<br> The next day we hit the road to Porto which was a substantial drive of about 5-6 hours. Luckily this is the day the weather decided to turn, so the bad weather was endured from the comfort of the car. We arrived late to Porto and checked into our less then elegant hostel. Our meal was no better. We ...

... have guessed the right one for the flight. Most times they were wrong and that mass of people would push and shove over to the correct area. Many times two groups of 190 shoving people each would cross paths as they switched gates. The other groups of 190 people would get sucked up into the chaos as well. The waiting area has maybe 60 seats and no room to maneuver through these crowds. I guessed correctly for my flight to Porto and was number 6 in ...

As I mentioned on a previous post, we were keen to explore a bit out of the centre of Porto and were particularly interested to see what was at the mouth of the Douro. We had seen waves crashing when we had taken our river cruise so this raised our interest. Just near our apartment you can catch a number 22 tram. It's an historic tram similar to the one in Lisbon. I though the smartest thing to do would be to jump on it and see where it took us. It wasn't quite as silly ...

... white port which isn't as popular as the red port. It is very sweet, with citric notes of pears and apples, always enjoyed as an aperitif light cheese and fruits. Neither myself nor Ed had ever tasted port wine, so after the 20 minute tour of hearing all about the hints and notes of the wines, we were more than ...

... tollend schip dat om wind vraagt, maar die dat alleen krijgt als we van een golf afglijden. Koers is er niet te houden. Alles wordt weer inelkaar gezet, water uit de fluitketel wordt in de wierbak gegoten en tegelijkertijd de moter aangezet. Ik zie een gulzig geslurp en weet meteen dat onze waterpomp het weer doet. Alles dicht en gasgeven! De eerste douche uit de uitlaat is meteen weer hoorbaar. Plots is er overal zon, er is gunstige wind, we kijken elkaar aan, wat doen we? We ...

... tab mulje nagu see ei lõppeks iialgi. Tegelikult on päiksekiired juba 5 minuti pärast väljas :) Paadisõitu see väga ei seganud, sest saime ka siseruumi varju minna. Hea ülevaate sildadest saime ka. Pärast teguderohket päeva olime ühe korraliku õhtusöögi auga välja teeninud. Siinkohal lõime lahti meie truu reisiraamatu, Lonely Planeti, ja valisime sealt paar restorani välja. LP järgi asuvad parimad restoranid Douro jõe ääres, Ribeira linnaosas. Ühtlasi asuvad seal ka kõige ...