Pedras Rubras Porto

... been around for more than a thousand years or so. It's a very peaceful place, and for the most part this rubs off on it's inhabitants. Many days I enjoyed a walk by the river purely to sup on the calm. It was a nice change of pace from Madrid.

The first full day I was there of course I went around to taste some Port from every place that would give me some. It's an interesting drink, and much like wine in the sense that good Port is good, and bad Port is ...

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It really is a shame we already booked our flight to France from Porto. We could have easily stayed an extra week in Portugal, there is so much to see here. But we did pretty good with our 2 days in Porto. It's right on the river and the ocean, and on one side of the river are tons of cute, old tiled homes, that look across to the other side of the bank where all of the old Port ...

... city. Narrow streets tumbling down to the river with washing hanging from the windows. Lots of bridges, trams and traffic. One side of the river was the centre for the production of port. We went to one of them and sampled some of the product.

We stayed about 100 meters from the sea. Miles and miles and miles of golden sand and boardwalks. We did a lot of walking and a lot of cycling. Beautiful weather. We then moved onto Aveiro further down the coast.

... 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

... was disappointed that no one in Porto knew what it was and that he would gladly put it on my gyro. The piece of pita disappeared under an ever growing mound of meat the more we talked in German about Tunisia. A family of four in Delhi could have eaten off that sandwich for a week I think. Arabic chanting was coming from the tv and the man looked embarrassed that I had caught him glancing that way. I asked him if the singing ...

... sites. Check it out: View of Porto View of the Douro from the Ponte D. Luís Ponte D. Luís City Center Bookstore Church Next Stop: Barcelona

... straight from the sky.  This was undoubtedly clear when Ed and I were walking through the heart of the city early next morning.    The fancy churches and ornamented domes from civil buildings have left a permanent mark on the skyline of Porto, its crown being the Torre dos Clérigos.  You can see this ...

... just a little further, just to the next bridge" and then before we knew it, the night was falling. Along the way, we just had to stop for lunch at a little cafe floating on the sparkling river with, yes, you guessed it, another set menu for us to gorge ourselves on. Numerous courses, wines and the obligatory bitter espresso to finish - all for 5 euro. Just incredible. «Take note for future travellers to Portugal: if the waiter proffers ...