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Linda and Bill's travels
- Apr 22, 2022 · 🌧 11 °C Altitude: 253 ft
  Porto Santo Ildefonso Porto Estação de São Bento 41.145, -8.6141°8’42” N 8°36’36” W
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Porto and surroundings
April 22 in Portugal ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Today we took a tour of Porto as well as a bus trip to the Aveleda Winery, about 45 minutes away.
Old Town Porto has a varied history dating back over 1,000 years as it sits strategically at the mouth of the Douro River. It was originally settled by the Celts. In the 4th century, the Romans arrived and built it into a commercial port. It is the #2 city in Portugal. It is the home of port wine and,, they say, the name "Portugal ".The train station, in particular, has some beautiful tile representations of their history.
The winery has exceptional gardens surrounding it. The climate is more like our northwest with significant moisture feeding the thick growth. (at least that's my story when Linda wonders why our yard doesn't look like this.)
The wine was "green" and very fresh and simple.
Tomorrow we bus to Lisbon.Read more
Susan Formanek
Stunning pictures. I hope the weather is cooperating with you.
4/24/22Reply
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Linda and Bill's travels
- Apr 21, 2022 · ⛅ 13 °C Altitude: 1,673 ft
  Viseu Lamego Jardim da Avenida Visconde Guedes Teixeira 41.095, -7.8141°5’42” N 7°48’36” W
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Lamego
April 21 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Santuario de Nossa Senhora dos Remedios. Got it? Sanctuary of Our Lady of Remedies.
We visited the city of Lamego today. The big attraction is the hilltop Sanctuary of Our Lady of Remedies, which dates back to the 18thcentury. The city, however, dates back 1,000 years. The sanctuary is 600 steps above the city square. Sadly, we were not able to walk all 600 steps as some sections were under repair. Overall a beautiful setting.
Our last picture from this group is the morning view from our stateroom on the boat. Moon view no extra charge.
Linda and Shirley were learning how to paint tiles this afternoon while we travel back toward Porto, where we will disembark on Saturday.Read more
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Linda and Bill's travels
- Apr 19, 2022 · 🌧 7 °C Altitude: 2,667 ft
  Castille and León Salamanca Plaza Mayor 40.965, -5.6633340°57’54” N 5°39’48” W
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Salamanca
April 19 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 7 °C
Salamanca is an historic city in Spain 🇪🇸. We bussed here and spent the day touring and exploring. The city is noted for its historic cathedrals and its university founded in the 12th century.
We enjoyed the tour and the city very much. My high school Spanish was not much help, however. (We have been spoiled by the English speaking staff on our boat.)
We were entertained by a group of university troubadours just before we left on bus for the boat. Overall, despite some Scotland-like weather, a successful day.Read more
Susan Formanek
Beautiful pictures! It looks like a wonderful trip.
4/20/22Reply
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Linda and Bill's travels
- Apr 18, 2022 · ☀️ 19 °C Altitude: 338 ft
  Viseu Vila Seca Marmelal Rio Tedo 41.15667, -7.6441°9’24” N 7°38’24” W
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Quinta do Tedo
April 18 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Today we took a drove to a family owned winery, Quinta do Tedo, in the Douro River Valley. Their speciality is port wines. The setting for this winery is idyllic and we had a perfect day for our visit.
The reaction to the wine was mixed, as I believe Linda and I like ports a bit more than Shirley and Mike, our travel buddies.
The winery is mostly set up for local distribution, but they will ship. They have recently signed an agreement with a US distributor, but in reviewing we saw that the distributor's prices were double the local price!
At this winery they still stomp the grapes with their feet. Visions of "I Love Luvy"?Read more
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- Apr 17, 2022 · ☁️ 22 °C Altitude: 348 ft
  Vila Real Pinhao 41.19, -7.5433341°11’24” N 7°32’36” W
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First day on the Douro
April 17 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
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It's Easter Sunday on the Douro River. We went through a succession of locks today, with one shown in the pics. We learned that these cruise boats are designed specifically for the river and its locks. There is no more than a foot clearance on either side of the craft as it is lined up in the lock. The captain's bridge even collapses due to the low overhead caused by steel supports in the locks.
Pinhao is the first town we visited. Only tourist oriented shops were open on Easter, but it was a beautiful day and good for a walk.Read more
Susan Formanek
WOW! How interesting.
4/20/22Reply
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Linda and Bill's travels
- Apr 16, 2022 · ⛅ 18 °C Altitude: 3 ft
  Porto Gaia Bandeira Ferreira 41.14, -8.6241°8’24” N 8°37’12” W
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Douro River Cruise
April 16 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Just starting our cruise with a ride through Porto to the river. We boarded the boat, and they lost my bag! From the dock to the room shouldn't be too tough. It was apparently delivered to the wrong room. Linda spotted it in the hall.
The rooms are fine with an efficient use of space. One wall is all window.
Beautiful weather in Porto today, with sunshine and about 70° F. We shove off in the morning. Looking forward to a relaxing week away from the rigors of retirement (all except Linda. She won't retire for a couple of months!)
Portuguese is a very interesting language, sounding to me as much like Russian as Spanish! Nice folks and the crew knows English 👍. Looking forward to this next week.Read more
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Linda and Bill's travels
- Apr 15, 2022 · ☀️ 18 °C Altitude: 26 ft
  Porto Santo Ildefonso Regadas Jardim Municipal do Horto das Virtudes 41.14073, -8.618841°8’27” N 8°37’8” W
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Cruise time
April 15 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
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Linda and Bill's travels
- Apr 15, 2022 · ☁️ 12 °C Altitude: 3,406 ft
  Vila Real Meixedo 41.84551, -7.7447841°50’44” N 7°44’41” W
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Travel day to Porto, Portugal
April 15 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Today we caught a flight on British Airways from London to Porto, Portugal for the beginning of our river cruise on the Douro River. Airports were busy due to the holiday weekend. Tonight we stayed at a Sheraton downtown and met Shirley and Mike Maier for dinner. Not many photos today.Read more
S Fairbanks
Such a cute picture of you two❣️
4/18/22Reply
Linda and Bill's travels
Obrigada!
4/18/22Reply
Sue Hubbard
Love this picture of you both!!
4/24/22Reply
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Linda and Bill's travels
- Apr 14, 2022 · ⛅ 16 °C Altitude: 66 ft
  England London Churchill War Rooms 51.5013, -0.128351°30’5” N 0°7’42” W
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The Tower of London
April 14 in the United Kingdom ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
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We walked to the closest stop for the "hop on, hop off" bus today, with the Tower of London as our main objective, and Harrods as a secondary target. Tomorrow is a travel day, so we pushed it hard with a bag of "crisps" and a bottle of water 💧 as lunch. We also took the Underground a couple of times to help us get around. We only got lost once, and I swear it was due to poor directions from the Underground staff.
Big crowds today due the upcoming holiday, so seeing the Crown Jewels had a one hour queue. Checked out the towers, medieval castles, torture chambers etc. The Scots and the English seem to have a talent for torture techniques. 😬
Flying to Porto tomorrow!Read more
Sue Hubbard
Thus picture reminds me of your wedding. The explanation of what Linda collects! 😂
4/24/22Reply
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Linda and Bill's travels
- Apr 13, 2022, 10:45am · ⛅ 15 °C Altitude: 66 ft
  England Greater London City of Westminster Westminster Abbey 51.5, -0.1283351°30’0” N 0°7’42” W
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Churchill's War Room
April 13 in the United Kingdom ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
We were able to visit Churchill's WWII war room, below the streets of London near Downing Street. The importance of this intelligence center cannot be overestimated when it comes to the defense of Britain in the 30's and 40's. Many feet of steel reinforced concrete cover this secret bunker, which includes communications, map rooms, strategy centers and sleeping quarters. The visit also covered a museum dedicated to Churchill's life and times. Lots to see and absorb.
We also walked through much of London where I actually walked my feet off. That's right, nothing but ankles hitting the cobblestones. Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, etc. Great day.Read more
Sue Hubbard
Very interesting!
4/24/22Reply
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