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…Continue Reading “Porto ….. sights and sounds”
September 19, 2017 After a quick breakfast, packed a day pack and optimistically set out to the São 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…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 Guimares”
September 17, 2017 Today is our last day in London; after packing up, a last walkabout and snap a few last pics… …and then check out and catch up on emails/blog, etc. >>>> You can stay at the Hub for a few hours… nobody hassles you, and you can even enjoy some free coffee/tea……Continue Reading “London to Porto …..our first full day in Porto”