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... 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 ...

... the better part of an hour looking for any restaurant that was opened. Our meals were : a tuna salad (a can of tuna, unrippened tomatoes and lettuce) and pork (a peice of pork, rice and french fries.) Long story short we were more then enthusiastic to get on the road in the morning to leave Porto behind

... gaan, maar dat komt grotendeels door de hardnekkige mist. Ik probeer weer een aantal korte video's te uploaden: de belboei bij Ramsgate, het hijsen van de vlag in Portugal, de vissen in de haven (we drijven echt in een aquarium) en misschien nog een paar andere stukjes.

Here is a picture of Donna that I would be avle to take every day that we are traveling to another city.............as you can see she is an avid sightseer!!!!<br><br>Also attached is todays daily explosion...................IS it getting worse or better?????

... keeps warning us that when we get to southern Portugal and Spain the weather will be much warmer. Beautiful 5 star hotel tonight...going to a dinner of roast orange duck...any bets as to what Wendy will be eating?..Check out the pictures of our day in Portugal!..Adios (Don't know how to say goodbye in Portuguese)

... over by the host who would anywhere else be described as "larger-than-life" but given our cosy situation this took on a slightly more literal meaning. The food was fantastic once we'd spent a few minutes having the handwritten scrawl explained to us in a language that we only partly understood and essentially decided to take a flier and opt for Lamb (me) and Sausage (Virg) We knew we'd found something special when, bellies full, we squeezed past a ...

... for a hostel. It looked more like an Ikea show room with free printing, quality linen, and a little bit too nice for a hostel. Good point to wind down I guess and as a result the only exciting thing I did was visit the Port Cellars which it is obviously famous for.<br><br>Unfortunately, I was one night too late for St John The Baptist festival ...

... area, we could see two huge clock towers and old buildings with amazing architecture and sculptures. We found a hotel within a few minutes. It was 35 euros for a double ensuite and breakfast included. We had a balcony that over looks the area with the clock towers and some of the city. The staff were really friendly. We had one guy that was on at night that we nicknamed Quatro. He couldn't speak English. When we would come back to the hotel and go to the desk to ...