2022- July Porto continued (Day 4, 5 and 6)

We arrived at the beautiful InterContinental Hotel, which as right next to the major street construction. I think they were digging a subway tunnel underneath.

Anyway, the first room we were given had a view to a missing street. It was among the worst views I ever had, and this was from a very expensive hotel.

My wife, Dianne, is great about getting a better room, which we got. It overlooked a center courtyard and was quite lovely. This hotel did not provide a breakfast with the room charge, and the buffet was about 24 Euro per person. We passed on that and went to a local café.

Porto is the second largest city in Portugal with Lisbon being the largest. Not only is it next to the Douro river, but it also extends to the Atlantic Ocean.

We arrived in the evening and by the time we were ready to go to dinner it was already 9 PM. Dianne picked a restaurant by the river. It was crowded, noisy and way past my time for us to eat, and we were both getting crabby. This is the non-fun part of travel and why I would rather stay home.

As an outpost of the Roman Empire, you can guess it has many old buildings and archeological importance. While we can see these things in person, I can enjoy, and learn all that by watching a travel program.

One of the Portugal’s main exports is port wine, which you might also guess comes from the Porto region.

After Porto we head back to Lisbon on our way to Cascais.