September 25th Breakfast at the apartment as we bid goodbye to our Porto AIRBNB … Today we are heading to Lisbon by train…a journey of some 3 hours, covering 313 kilometers: ……as usual we walk down to the Sao Bolhoa Metro and onwards to the Sao Bento Train Station > a straight forward ride; after…Continue Reading “Porto to Lisbon ….. and our first full day in Alfama”
September 20- 23, 2017 Aside from our arrival day, the disaster day, and day trips we spent 3 days checking out various sights and enjoying a more languid visiting pace than in Britain. So what follows is more of a summary and collage of the sights and sounds of Porto… Porto is almost 900 years…Continue Reading “Porto ….. sights and sounds”
September 19, 2017 After a quick breakfast packed a day pack and optimistically set out to the Sau Bento train station bound for Espinho (a beach town some 45 minutes by train from Porto) > 7 Euros (10 Cad) return. …..why optimistically ???………because the fog was in and it was coolish, although the forecast called…Continue Reading “Porto ….. day trip to Espinho”
September 18, 2017 Looks like a nice morning … Annie made up some delicious scrambled eggs with presuntois ham (very similar to prosciutto, rather inexpensive) and some giant croissants > not airy and dry but lumpy, sweet, and deelicious!! In any event, we are taking a day trip, so once again we are on our…Continue Reading “Porto ….. day trip to Guimaraes”
September 17, 2017 Today is our last day in London, after packing up we take a last walkabout, and snap a few last pics… …..and then checkout and do some catch up on e-mails/ blog etc. >>>> you can stay at the Hub for a few hours ….nobody hassles you and you can even enjoy…Continue Reading “London to Porto …..our first full day in Porto”