Porto may 2023
Firstly Happy Mother’s Day to all the mums we know.💕 Well Porto, what an extraordinarily beautiful and photogenic medieval city. We arrived yesterday afternoon and quickly came to grips as to where are living. Our apartment is on the river and we have a magnificent view of the well known Dom Luis bridge from our window. We are spending most of the our time walking the streets, getting lost and found again. Had some obligatory beers in Ribeira square, just down the street from us and enjoyed some people watching. Onto Sunday, woke early to this: Now, out in search of an open coffee shop to start. Found one!! High recommendations and thanks to the crew here! Oh, and some pasteis de nata to go with the coffee. I intend to have one each day, they are magnificent. Now suitably fuelled, we walked to clerigos church and tower. 250 steps up to to enjoy fabulous views over Porto. Funnily enough, going down was a piece of cake. To the Se cathedral to collect our pilgrim credentials for our...