Porto day 2

Another awesome day weather wise for sightseeing on the plan to visit (see photos attached over three posts).

Imperial McDonald's
(The art deco stained glass windows and the chandeliers will blow your mind!) The name “Imperial” comes from the Eagle, still preeminent in the facade.

The Twin Churches
What looks like just one big church is actually two connected by what is one of the world's narrowest houses - just 1 meter wide! To the right is Carmo Church, built in the 18th century. Outside, it is covered in blue and white tile panels. The house that separates the two churches was inhabited until about 20 years ago, and it was built due to a law that stated that no two churches could share a wall. To the left is Carmelitas Church, built in the 17th century it has also a richly gilded interior. Under the church lies a cemetery with 400 people buried... On top of the building you can access the bell tower which has great views of the city.

Porto Cathedral
The Porto Cathedral is a building with a Roman-Gothic structure from the 17th century. XII and XIII, having undergone major renovations in the Baroque period (17th-18th century). Inside, it still retains the appearance of a fortress church, with battlements.

After all this walking around, we chilled in the apartment for a while, lucy and Emily went shopping in the afternoon, and Michelle and I visited Matosinhos Beach

The Praia de Matosinhos is a beautiful sandy beach, which is regarded as the best beach close to Porto. We chilled and admired the view over a couple of drinks, then walked along the promenade (1 hr walk) to catch the tram back to Porto...which was an experience, it traveled next to the seaside and once the tram was full, people simply jumped onto the outside of the tram for their journey holding on tight...

We headed back to Honest Greens for dinner, probably our favorite restaurant on this trip...

Anyway, big travel day tomorrow starting with a 4hr bus ride to Lisbon, a 5hr wait before we fly out to Dubai (8hr flight), 2 hr wait at airport before we fly to Christchurch via stop in Sydney ( 19 hrs)...the joys of traveling from NZ.

However, it is definitely worth it....Weiterlesen