Day of disasters

Debbie and I talked about ending the blog as we thought the remainder of the trip is not something that was of great interest to anyone. We were going to do a private blog just for our memories but a few people have said keep it rolling so we will. If it is boring just tune out😉
The day started well with our taxi picking us up to take us to the bus station for our 9.30 bus to Caminha in Porto. Things started going a bit pear shaped when I checked the rental car booking and saw I had the booking from the 10/10/24 instead of 11/10/24. I attempted to contact SixT through their website advising them that we were still on our way. Anyway, we continued and next issue was we wanted to get off bus at the airport rather than Caminha but the driver wouldn’t let us get our luggage out of the other side of the bus so we unhappily had to continue onto Caminha. Found the metro and travelled to Ramalde to pick up the car. When we got to sixT we were told that as it was 24 hours past our pre-booked time our reservation was cancelled. He had no record of us contacting them and it was going to be around 300€ more than original price. So I hunted down another rental company and pick up a car tomorrow for 12 days for €188. Only thing is that we need to return it to Porto not Lisbon as original plan. To be worked out later. We let our booking in Lamego know we wouldn’t be there tonight and got a place near where we pick car up tomorrow. So fingers crossed we are back on track tomorrow. Wanted somewhere close for dinner and in this run down back street we found a restaurant that opened at 6pm and were surprised it looked half decent. Ordered a francesinha, a sandwich with layers of toasted bread and meats with sliced cheese on the top being melted by a near boiling sauce of tomato sauce and beer. People were still coming in for dinner at 9pm and every order was for a francesinha. Had my one and that will do. A harrowing day but the positives were; a nice apartment, good food and a much cheaper car.Read more