Day 6: A Day of Food & Wine & Walking

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Joe: Anybody want some bread? This baguette is turning into a ba-rock. ... Or maybe a Rock-ette.

Breakfast of leftover foccacia sandwich for me & sardines for Joe.
Bolted to our first activity of the day: a port wine tour at Graham's.
But first! Coffee... with pastries, of course
After the tour of the caves was a tasting of 3 ports, each paired with chocolate, cheese, and pastry (pastel de nata, second of the day)
On the way down fron Graham's, we saw an artists' cooperative . Martha got an invite to hold an installation there!
We climbed up & down hills so we could cross the UPPER level of the Luis I Bridge.
Made our way to the restaurant Velham Mais Cinco, recommended by Patrícia, M&T's landlady
Had the fabled francesinha, a so-called heart attack on a plate. It was like a panini with steak and fried egg, covered in cheese and drowning in a savory sauce. Oh, and it came with fries. 🤣🤣 And we had some vinho verde (green wine). So then we had to have the "Best Chocolate Cake in the World." Needless to say, we left VERY satisfied. It fueled us for the rest of the day, as predicted by our port wine tour guide Maximilian.
Suddenly, I realized it was almost time for our fado performance, so we hoofed it (downhill, fortunately) to a stone cavern called A Casa do Fado.
Got there with 2 min. to spare. !!
Carla Teles was our cantora. The two guitarists were also FABULOUS. The glass of port was nice, too.
Had to finish off the night with passion fruit gelato.
The Bolt driver who picked us up drove like a bat outa hell and kept up a running commentary on the other drivers on the road in Português 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫
Doing laundry was a team effort 😅😅 We start our Caminho at the Cathedral tomorrow. 🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️Read more