So this morning I was the one that woke with how shall we say it ' a delicate stomach ' . Popped downstairs for breakfast and didn't have much while Jane was feeling better and had a good feed.
First stop this morning was to the Palacio da Bolsa where we got a booking for the 11am English tour. This gave us enough time to find a place for a coffee, followed by a mad dash to find a toilet, oh the joys of travel 😂
Walked back to the Palacio da Bolsa ready for our tour which was only 30 minutes but an excellent one. The final room they take you into is breathtaking. Just look at the photos and if you ever make it to Porto make sure it's on the to do list.
From here we walked down to hill to catch the ferry ride include in the red bus tickets and as it rained we stayed inside and enjoyed a leisurely hour up and down the Duoro river. We then walked back to the bus stop and caught the next one across the river the the Gaia side to see the port houses and wharf. I was a bit agitated today and made us get off at the wrong spot which now with the rain stopped and the sun and humidity rampant did not make for a very pleasant 800m walk down to the bottom. First stop was a restaurant for lunch seeing as it was now after 2pm and a great little place Adega do Manuel, for a charcuterie board with a lovely pumpkin chutney, beer and wine, excellent.
We then wandered along the wharf front, sticking our heads into a couple of the port houses but not bothering with a tour, before we set about heading back up the hill, via a different route past Cockburn's which we stopped at but all their tours were full, to catch the bus back.
Man that was hard work !!! As we got to the top and about 50m from the bus stop we saw the bus coming. We waved frantically and the lovely driver stopped for the two oldies and said in broken English, 'no stop ' and smiled guessing we felt they way we looked in the heat. It was then a slow drive back to the Porto side and off and to our hotel for a shower and nap.
Neither of us felt that hungry tonight so we found a small cafe after running into a couple from Perth who had just done a cruise and both had soup ( me vegetable and Jane green Portuguese soup) with potato chips. Grabbed a bottle of red and a half bottle of vinho verde for Jane at a small supermarket just round the corner from the hotel we had missed yesterday and headed back to the hotel where we sat in the lounge with a couple of glasses, feet up relaxing after a long, hot and humid 10km day.
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