Food, Glorious Food! We’ve frequently been asked, what do you like best about travel? There is never a simple answer. Well, Chris says all good, …
Read the full post here ...Mar 082020
Jan 092020
We were packed. The taxi was on its way to take us to the train station to depart Porto. I can’t say that I was really ready to go, but the excitement of going to a new place is always greater than the sadness of leaving.
Read the full post here ...Dec 262019
As with the previous post, there were too many wonderful things in Porto to devote a post to each. This is the second “six-pack” to share some more of the sights, architecture, and history that we experienced there.
Read the full post here ...Dec 102019
Porto was a wonderful city, but there were too many sights to devote a post to each, so here is the first “six-pack” to highlight some of the sights, architecture, and history that Porto has to offer.
Read the full post here ...Sep 122019
On settling into a new country or town, we often search out one of the “walking food tours”. Of all the things we learned on our food tour in Porto, the most interesting, fun, and delicious was how to eat tremoços.
Read the full post here ...Sep 082019
Porto is really working hard to clean up and revitalize itself from deep economic problems of the past. Here are two examples of their progress and potential.
Read the full post here ...Aug 262019
Traditions are everywhere. Some are shrouded in the distant past, others evolve within a couple of generations. Some exist within families, communities, regions or countries, and some are merely personal.
Read the full post here ...Aug 222019
The alarm went off at 07h30. The day was expected to be hot, so we decided to go to Porto’s northern beach of Matosinhos, to visit the Mercado Municipal de Matosinhos and eat seafood.
Read the full post here ...Aug 212019
The Douro River flows to the Atlantic from high in the mountains of Spain, passing Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia about 5 km (3 mi) from the ocean. So we went.
Read the full post here ...Aug 172019
Sanctioned or unsanctioned, love it or hate it, street art exists. Is it really art? What do you think?
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