Porto, Portugal Day #4
September 18, 2018Final Day. Was going to be a long day as our flight wasn’t until 10 pm that evening. Today was a ‘tick all the remaining boxes’ days. This started early with queuing up for tickets to get into a bookshop!! WTF! 5 Euro each. Why? Because it has a ‘swirly’ staircase that Harry Potter author…
Porto, Portugal Day #3
September 17, 2018Wine day!! We had a wine tour booked – 100 euro each & was an ‘all-dayer’. This is the website & the tour we took – https://www.bagoduva360.com/douro-port-moscatel-tour Pick up was 8.30am but they were running late so we went for the standard of ‘Coffee & Custard Tart’. There was 9 of us. We were in a…
Porto, Portugal Day #2
September 16, 2018Apparently, near us, people stay out all night!! It was noisy on & off until about 5 am! Day 2 started with a coffee & the custard tart things. Today was a big wandering day & where we were going to venture over the bridge. The bridge (one of 6) – Holy shit it was…
Porto, Portugal Day #1
September 15, 2018Holy shit! what a bastard early start! Alarm 4 am & cab at 4.30! Luton airport keeps on changing!! New drop off zones & loads of new shops. Cheeky Camden IPA @ 5 am. Nothing on the plane #unheardof So foggy in Porto. Came through what looked like clouds & there was the runway! Got…