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    • TravelerCamino De Santiago - Portugues
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      Day 8

      Prep Day for Camino

      April 11 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F

      Today was mostly a day of Camino prep as we spent the morning at the local laundromat washing all our clothes and getting our suitcase packed in order to get it shipped to Santiago to be received once we complete our walk.

      We still had plenty of time to do some exploring and found an amazing open market where we had lunch and talked forever to a fun couple from Canada who wanted to know all about the Camino. Otherwise it was a lazy afternoon of reading, hanging out with Miguel, after he returned from visiting his family, and then the cherry on the top of the day was finding Taco Bell for a quick dinner! Who knew?! Portugal never fails to surprise us 😂

      Tomorrow morning comes early as our Camino journey begins.      Read more

    • TravelerCamino De Santiago - Portugues
      11
      Day 7

      Porto - Day 2

      April 10 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F

      Today was a lot of walking in Porto with Miguel as our personal tour guide. We first went to the cathedral to purchase our pilgrim credentials for the Camino and took a quick tour of the cathedral. Then off to walk the city, have lunch, ride the trolleys and ended up at a beach cafe drinking coffee and eating carmel gelato. After a long day out, we had Helen and Mike over to our apartment, that we are sharing with Miguel, for a home made dinner by Tom. Porto is the birthplace of Vinho Verde wine (which happens to be my favorite white wine) so it was fun to share a couple bottles with good friends before we had to say good bye to Helen and Mike. It was a great day in Porto.Read more

    • TravelerCamino De Santiago - Portugues
      311211
      Day 6

      Out and About - Porto

      April 9 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F

      It was a perfect day in Porto; blue skies, good temperatures and great friends. We met up with Mike and Helen and headed straight for the Hop On-Hop Off bus to tour around the city. We then spent our afternoon at the river where we had a great lunch, rode a river cruise, listened to great street music and attended a Port wine tour/tasting. We finished our day by meeting up with Miguel, once he flew in from Germany. He directed us to a great place for an outdoor dinner and more music in the streets. We are all excited to explore more of Porto tomorrow.Read more

    • TravelerCamino De Santiago - Portugues
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      Day 5

      Porto Arrival

      April 8 in Portugal ⋅ 🌙 52 °F

      Today was a 4 hour train ride from Lisbon to Porto. We were so excited the whole way in anticipation of meeting up with friends, Helen and Mike from Dublin, who we met on our last Camino in the fall of 2022. They flew in to Porto just to see us ☺️. We have a sweet little Airbnb (see red door in pictures) for this stage of our journey that we will share with Miguel, another friend, from Germany, that we also met along The Way in 2022. Miguel was born and raised in Porto so we will have our own personal tour guide for the city. We are excited for new adventures in Porto and time spent with friends.Read more

    • Europe 2023
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      Day 43

      Porto #1

      May 11, 2023 in Portugal ⋅ 🌬 21 °C

      Big travel day today going from the south to the north of Portugal. Early wake up to leave the air bnb by 6:45.

      Drove from Lagos to Lisbon, dropped the hire car off and jumped on a 3 hour train to Porto. Few interesting near misses on the car drive up, had a Ferrari pass us doing what we think was at least 200km 🏎️ and almost ran out of fuel on the Lisbon bridge, but we made it 🤣

      It was cool travelling on the train and really comfortable, was kind of like an aeroplane. Train was really pretty coming into Porto 😍

      Checked in at the air bnb which is tiny but has a beautiful view of the city. It’s in the best location for exploring Porto, right in the city center!

      Jacques went down to the shops for some supplies. Made steamed broccoli and rice at the air bnb for dinner as I was craving it 🤣

      Went for a walk after dinner to check out the town center around us, up to the cathedral and lookout over the river that runs through the city. In true fashion we found a new fave for our pastels, little corner cafe called Castro. Such a relaxed vibe here, we love it already! 🥰      Read more

    • West Europe - North Africa
      Day 115

      Arrivo ad Oporto

      July 18, 2023 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

      Dopo aver accompagnato Dani mi son diretto ad Oporto in cerca di un parcheggio in città e per andare a cena da una cara collega ed il suo compagno e, soprattutto, per vedere la loro stupenda bambina Sandra di meno di un anno.
      Ho trovato questo stupendo parcheggio nella prima foto, ma non mi sentivo sicuro, troppi tipi strani attorno passati più volte con occhi fissi si Charlie.
      Ho quindi deciso di parcheggiare vicino a casa della mia collega, cenare e poi spostarmi.
      Ho trovato in piena notte un parcheggio mozzafiato nella zona di Gaia (nome che adoro perché così viene chiamata anche la madre terra!), bordo scogliera e con spiaggia di fianco. Un po' affollato ma tranquillo.
      Mi è piaciuto così tanto che ci ho passato vari giorni a lavorare e non fare assolutamente nulla oltre questo, se non leggere e annoiarmi davanti al mare.
      Le uniche cadenze fisse erano lo yoga la mattina e il lavoro.
      Solo dopo 2 giorni ho preso la bici (dal parcheggio parte una bellissima ciclabile verso Porto) pieghevole e fatto un lungo giro per tutta Porto. Se non ho fatto tutti i suoi colli poco ci manca! Di sicuro 35km li ho fatti! Il dislivello lasciamo stare 😅.
      Porto mi ha sorpreso.
      Togliendo le zone turistiche comunque carine, mi è apparsa più viva, più verace e meno imbellettata di Lisbona che è comunque una stupenda città.
      Ci potrei quasi vivere.
      Ha tutto ma è a misura d'uomo.
      Non pago, il giorno dopo sono anche andato ad arrampicare al São climbing gym per procacciarmi dei partner d'arrampicata e nel farlo mi son fatto penso i colli di Porto che mi mancavano 😅!      Read more

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    • TravelerIreland, Portugal and Spain
      Day 20

      Second day in Porto

      October 22, 2018 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

      After a lifetime of never using open top buses, the hop-on and hop-off type, we are now convinced they have value. We lined up for the Blue Bus circuit (which is probably the same as the Red Bus circuit and the Yellow Bus circuit) and caught it at stop 11, just around the corner from our apartment. It was quite interesting and took us to places we would not otherwise have gone, but when it reached the ocean we hopped off because we had the opportunity to walk for some kilometres along the beach, such as it was. There were a few people brave enough to go into the water, but most were just sunbaking.

      We missed the bus two stops on so had to go to the third one along, and then waited and waited while Red and Yellow buses drove past. At least we had a good walk along the Rio Douro.

      While walking around the centre of the old town, we noticed many tram tracks but no trams. Today we saw a few of them out and about, all packed to the rafters with hot passengers. We weren’t even slightly tempted to hop on. They looked more like the ones you seen in third world countries where they are piled high with people and their belongings.

      Naturally we are trying a broad range of local wines, including some “Port” left by our hosts. Mostly they have been okay, picked as they were at random because we could not understand the labels. However, this evening we opened a bottle of sparkling and had to pour it down the sink, after a heroic effort to convince ourselves it was okay! Cork bottle closures are still the standard here. We did not see one screw cap anywhere, so it was just as well there was a corkscrew in the drawer.      Read more

    • LadyandtrampPortugal and Islands - 2019

      On to Porto with a bottle of Porto

      February 10, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ 🌧 13 °C

      To start off, we felt very proud of ourselves. We figured out how to pay the parking ticket by deciphering the Português instructions on the ticket without use of a translator or dictionary!!!! On our way to Porto, we had to drive through the town where we got the ticket anyways. There are machines on the street where you quickly pay your fine ($3) and we were able to do it. Actually a kind Portuguese firefighter wanted to help too, so he did. He told us it was his first time using the machine too so we all learned something.

      Porto is not that far away using the toll road (2 hours) so we opted to use that road because of the rain. We have been lucky to have had only a handful of rainy days and a driving day in the rain with no cars on a well-maintained highway works for us.

      We passed the town of Vila Real where the Mateus Palace is located. If you remember the Mateus bottles with candle drippings on it, we know how old you are!

      We have had the car for a month and decided that we would return it a little earlier as we didn’t feel that we needed it in Porto, and onward. The area from Porto to Lisbon is very touristy so there is a good transportation system here. We drove to the Porto airport where things went smoothly. We still wonder how much we paid in tolls (we had a monitor). We avoided the toll roads in most situation and took the much nicer scenic roads. They were all in good condition and usually the dries were only a little longer and much more interesting.

      The moment we arrived in Porto, the sun came out and it was a beautiful warm day.

      We were excited about actually getting to Porto. Most people rave about it and we were meeting our friend Vaughan, from Toronto, there. We rented an apartment in the historic area of Porto very close to the Sao Bento train station, the Se Cathedral and the big bridge that goes over the Douro River. We couldn’t have asked for a better location. We can walk everywhere.

      Remember that we have only been in small villages for the past month. Now we are in the big city and tourists. A brave new world.      Read more

    • LadyandtrampPortugal and Islands - 2019
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      The Porto Puppet Museum

      February 14, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ 🌙 9 °C

      We saw an advertisement for Porto’s Puppet museum and couldn’t pass up on the opportunity to visit it.

      To create a puppet museum in a Porto was a dream that João Paulo Seara Cardoso (1956-2010), director and artistic director of the Teatro de Marionetas do Porto, had for many years. It is very interesting that a puppeteer friend of mine, Annerose Schmidt, also had a similar dream and presently has a wonderful exhibit of 25 years of Puppets Elora puppets on display at the Wellington County Museum too!

      The Porto puppet display opened in 2013, the year that the company celebrated its 25 years of existence. Unfortunately, João died before the museum was launched.

      It gives visitors a glimpse of the off-stage life of his puppets. It brings together 1,200 pieces, including puppets, props and backdrop scenery, of which we only saw a small number. We enjoyed the small video clips of various shows and the chance to try out a few puppets. The hand puppets were made of different materials - wood, paper mâché, leather and foam. There was even a collection of shadow puppets.

      The museum is housed in an old 3-storey building, in the historic centre of Porto, right next door to the Belmonte Puppet Theatre.

      Visiting this exhibit reminded me that sadly by the time we return to Canada, the Puppets Elora exhibit will have closed and I will not see it. I guess I will just have to enjoy the wonderful photos of the displays and recall fond memories of my time with the troupe...      Read more

    • Motorradtour 2022
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      Day 7

      Porto ⚓️

      June 8, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

      Heute haben wir die Regenkombi nicht ausgezogen, waren aber trotzdem (überwiegend) gut gelaunt 🌧 In Porto haben die steilen, rutschigen & engen (!!!) Gassen uns ziemlich zum Schwitzen gebracht und es war sehr sehr sehr (!!!) knapp! Letztlich sind aber alle gut durchgekommen 💪🏽 Danach gab es die beste Pizza des Viertels (oder der Stadt?!) 🍕Read more

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