Thursday, July 27, 2023

Porto, Portugal

My friend, Jessica, moved from CA to Porto, Portugal. So it's been on my list since her move to visit. Thankfully we got to visit her for a long weekend. After taking the wrong bus from the airport, we finally made it into the city.

Here we are at Monteen.


Visiting the train station. Check out the tile.


Visiting Playa da Luz.


Forte de San Francisco Cavier (Castelo do Queijo)







Outdoor workout area


Picnic lunch at Parque da Cidade



Paddle ball competition sponsored by Mimosa



Sea Life Aquarium Porto



Scarlet got to feed the manta rays







We stayed at the Porto Holiday Inn Express, right on Santa Catarina


Such beautiful tile.



A local women's choir and dance group


Clerigos. Scarlet and I climbed to the top.


Our old NY ice cream shop Amorino in Spain


We climbed to the top of this tower.





Made of recycled material


At the top of Clerigos.





At the Harry Potter bookstore called Livraria Kelli




I caved and instead of just getting the first book, bought the entire 7 book series of Harry Potter.



Visiting the Comedy Wildlife photography exhibit.



































































Such beautiful churches



Bolho outdoor market



City Hall



Beautiful tile



Biblioteca Municipal Garrett










Igreja de s Francisco





Skeletons



Palace da Bolsa





Kind Kitchen - vegan!



Serralves Museum





Treetop adventure




World of Discoveries










Cathedral


Nice advertising on tobacco/cigarette packages


Home cooking vegetarian food





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