05.02.2024 Porto, Portugal

Today we visit Porto, Portugal. We were also here last summer. It’s rainy and cool. Only 54 degrees. We take the shuttle into town and after a 15 minute wait in a bus shelter, the rain stopped and the sun came out. We walked to the Carmo and Carmelitas churches. It looks like the biggest church in the city. In fact, they are two churches separated by one of the world’s narrowest houses. This house was built to make all contact between the nuns and the monks impossible. If you look closely, you’ll find Carmo Church (on the right) and Carmelitas Church (on the left). The two windows in the center is the narrowest house.
We walked down a few streets following our church visit and stopped for a beer, chai tea and a Pastel de Nata. A pastel de nata is a Portuguese egg custard tart pastry. They are delicious!
We continue our walk after our break and hop back on the shuttle to return to the ship. Another wonderful visit to a great city.
We were to have dinner tonight with Brian, Jonathan, Carol and Paul. Carol and Brian are both sick so they canceled. We had a nice dinner in the Restaurant just the two of us.
Myron went to the show and Diana called it a night. We have a full day tomorrow and clocks went forward one hour. Diana did catch the sunset.Read more