And so it begins
2022年7月19日, カナダ ⋅ ⛅ 30 °CWhen we booked our trip in Sept 2021, July 2022 seemed to very far away! Over the months we would get occasional updates and requests from Viking and slowly the time ticked down, we picked out shoreもっと詳しく
When we booked our trip in Sept 2021, July 2022 seemed to very far away! Over the months we would get occasional updates and requests from Viking and slowly the time ticked down, we picked out shoreもっと詳しく
We all made our way to YYZ. Cats were dropped off for cat-sitting and the dog was dropped off for boarding. The weather was good and we had given ourselves lots of arrival time at the airport to makeもっと詳しく
Thursday morning we had our first excursion with Viking, seeing some of the sites around Lisbon including the Belem Tower and the Jeronimos Monastery. It was hot, very hot and we were very thankfulもっと詳しく
Today we left Lisbon behind and headed for Porto. A comfortable coach ride with a “technical stop” at the Portuguese version of an Onroute and a stop in Coimbra for a bit of sightseeing and whatもっと詳しく
We arrived in Porto (we were not actually docked in Porto but on the other side of the river in Vila Nova de Gaia – but that’s just basically a suburb of Porto 😉) and boarded our baby longship,もっと詳しく
We set sail from Porto early in the morning and Kev and I managed to get up on the sundeck with our coffees to watch Porto go by. The Douro river valley is truly beautiful. The landscape changes asもっと詳しく
We sailed a bit further upstream this morning and then disembarked again to take an excursion to the Marialva Castle. We enjoyed a lovely “picnic” on a vine covered terrace before exploring theもっと詳しく
And off we went to Spain! It was a bit of a bus journey to get there but once there we toured the historic areas and were able to do some exploring of our own. So much history and so many churches andもっと詳しく
This was my favourite day! Fresh baked bread and what is now my favourite drink (although I may never get to have it at home!!) Favaois ❤️
We watched as Donatella made the famous four cornerもっと詳しく