Thursday afternoon in Porto

After the food tour I had an appointment to get my nails done. Once I finished, I headed back to Mercado Balhäo to meet Ian for a coffee and a delicious biscuit. Once we had our caffeine and sugar hit we were ready to do a bit more exploring of Porto. We headed to Torre dos Clérigos and past the Livraria Lello, the book store that was one of the inspirations for J.K. Rowling when she was developing the Harry Potter books. As usual, there was a huge line to get into the bookstore and, as we had visited it previously, we decided not to bother. We walked past the churches Igreja das Carmelitas and Igreja do Carmo - still impressed with the tile work, it’s just gorgeous.

A new park has been built opposite Livraria Lello called Jardin des Oliveiras, where there are olive trees, grassed areas and a cool bar called BASE, where we stopped for a drink. They had good white Sangrias, a fabulous play list and a wonderful view of Torre dos Clérigos.

Rain clouds started gathering, so we thought we should keep moving and had a walk through Jardin Da Cordoaria with its misshapen (whomping) trees and fabulous statues of old guys laughing and falling off a bench. We then started making our way home to have a relatively quiet evening, as we had another big day tomorrow.Read more