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  • Day 9

    Sightseeing in Porto

    September 19, 2023 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

    Went through our packs this morning to lighten the load a bit and posted 2kg of gear back home.
    Spent the day looking around Porto, and like Lisbon, Porto is a very hilly city. So even though a lot of the sites are fairly close, you do walk up and down some very steep hills.
    Also like Lisbon, Porto has a very good public transport system, and we caught the metro 🚇 the 2km into town and back.
    In the morning we had a ride on the tourist "Magic Train" and in the afternoon a 50 minute 6 Bridge cruise along the Douro River, which was very nice.
    We're booked in to a nice local place for dinner, where we ate last night. Tonight I'm trying the Porto local speciality, which looks a bit like a fancy steak and sausage sandwich covered in a tomato sauce!
    Start walking again tomorrow, heading up the coast for a day before heading inland for the central route.
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