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Up at 5:00 am to catch our flight to Porto. Probably one of the best flights ever. It was only an hour and 15 minutes but felt like 5 minutes (mostly because we slept)

We arrived in Porto with no complications. We called an über to take us to our beach house and was picked up by Carlos. During the 20 minute drive to our air bnb, we learned about his time as an über driver, where he used to work, and he gave us plenty of advice for our stay! He also taught us how to say beer (cerveça) and wine (vino) - very important!

We arrived & were greeted by our hosts who have the condo directly beside us. This place is amazing. The whole place is basically made out of marble & the best thing about it: AC!! Were a 5 minute walk from the beach..the Atlantic ocean & a 15 minute walk to the train station. Perfect location.

Our host explained to us about everything in the condo. She also stayed with us & gave us a huge list of things to do while in Porto and Gaia. We lucked out again.

We got changed & headed to the city to walk around & of coarse for the football game.

We were instantly amazing by the view of Porto. Simply gorgeous. We hit up a couple souvenir stores & did a little tour around the city until we stumbled upon the square where they had 3 giant screens set up for all of Porto to watch the game. We all bought Portugal flags & got face painted by some random women. People were already started to get their spots at 4pm so obviously we had to do the same. We sat in the sun for 4 hours until the game started. There were over 25000 people in the square watching the game. We were surrounded by locals, cheering in Portuguese. One of the coolest experiences ever #cultured

Of coarse Portugal won the cup. We hung out for a while after & celebrated with them as they claimed the Euro cup 2016 for the first time in 16 years. We were standing beside an older man who started crying when they won. It was the most touching thing ever. I almost cried haha.

I streets were packed with people parading with pride. We grabbed & drink & walked like sardines with thousands of people.

When we finally decided to go back, we caught the train. (Also filled with fans)Read more