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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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... 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. <br><br>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.

<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 ...

... 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.

The drive to Porto was pretty fun. we stopped off at Coimbra for about a half hour doing a drive by photo tour. we arrived in porto after about 3.5hr of driving. we got a little lost finding the hostel. since Anaiz and Pau were leaving that day (Sunday, May 10) we were going to be only 5. however since Flor was added on to the trip after we booked the hostels, we needed to find her a room, because the hostel didn't have room for any other people. we decided we would sneak ...

... A lot of the Spanish sites provide BBQ areas but we've only ever come across them when we haven't been in a position to buy stuff to BBQ, most annoying. 21 August A Noisy site in Fao Cool I've read my Santiago entry again and realised I've been a bit of a miserable git. It all went a bit Pete Tong for us, but, it was actually quite a special and celebratory time for a lot of people. Like a lot of places along The Camino, the places of significance are ...

... fourth floor down into the fountain below. Instead I joined the other shoppers and agreed to their suggestions of a shirt for me and also some new shoes, extra cheap, from Springfield (the shop, not the town - the shoes are from Portugal). The girls headed home while I went to a traditional Internet café to see if they would let me plug in my computer to their network. They did, but it was so slow that after an hour I had only ...

... palace. The church was built in the 14th century in a late Gothic style, but its interior is an excellent example of Iberian Baroque architecture. Once inside (where you are once again not allowed to take pictures...when the guard wasn't looking anyway) it was hard not to gasp. We've seen many churches in our travels but none was quite as ...

... got off work. So when Johana and I found return flights with Ryanair from Madrid to Portugal's second city Porto for two Euro Cents per head, I guess there was no question about where we would head this Easter. So with flights and hotels booked we headed off on Wednesday morning before the Easter weekend to a city we practically knew nothing about. It was Johana's first time in Portugal while I already had Lisbon, the capital, on ...