Hospes Infante Sagres
6 april 2024, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
We took a taxi to our hotel in Porto. Dropped off our bags and stopped in to a cafe for coffee, quiche, strudel, and the Portuguese traditional danish called the nata.
Off to explore theMeer informatie
Cathedral & Bishops Palace
6 april 2024, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
We walked to the main cathedral in Porto and toured the Cathedral and Bishop's Palace. I think this is where our Camino passports originated and were stamped initially. Live performers were in theMeer informatie
Popina Porto for Tapas
6 april 2024, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
Tapas of mushrooms, green beans, and bacalao cakes and rice. We ate it so fast that I didn't get pictures.
Gonna head to the hotel to check in and charge phones. Last evening...
We saw theMeer informatie
Political Demonstration part 1
6 april 2024, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
We found ourselves with a police escort into a political demonstration that was quite demonstrative, masks and all.
They were protesting against immigrants coming into the country, raising housingMeer informatie
Political Demonstration part 2
6 april 2024, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Santa Catarina
6 april 2024, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
We walked to the market and down Santa Catarina Street for some shopping. Bought some jewelry, a purse made out of cork, a scarf, a Camino ring that spins, a painted spoon dish... all of these areMeer informatie
The Elevator
6 april 2024, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
What a hotel!
The Scarlett
6 april 2024, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
Portuguese Pudding is "made with pork fat and a lot of sugar"... I didn't order that...
The food in Porto is amazing!
And the Amex card came through. Amex perks
Mushroom truffle risotto,Meer informatie
Nata
7 april 2024, Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
Nata, or Pasteis de nata is Portuguese for cream pastries. It's a tart-sized pastry with a crispy flaky crust and a pudding, flan like filling. It is not very sweet, and the good ones are warm, extraMeer informatie
In the U. S. of A.
7 april 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
Phone signal... no more airplane mode. 2 flights down, 2 more to go. It's already bedtime in Porto. I've got 7 more hours to go.
Home
8 april 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
After 4 flights and 25 hours, I arrived home at about 2 am.
I slept so well in my nice, soft bed. And now I enjoy my espresso while taking in the sea view and listening to the birds and waves andMeer informatie







































































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Wow! Beautiful!