We were up at 7 this morning and decided to walk East along the Douro River trail that we had seen last week while exploring Porto. Before we headed down, we stopped at Jardim do Morro, a popular lookout park in Gaia where people gather most nights to view the sunset. We walked as far as we could, taking lots of pictures along the way.
We took the lower path back past the Ponte Luis bridge to see the numerous port houses on the Gaia waterfront, then took a steep street back up to our apartment. We didn’t realize it at the time, but we had been walking for over three hours. We feel in good shape and full of energy.
We took a few coffees up to our apartment to plan our destination for lunch. Grilled sardines were the goal, for me not for Jill. Thanks to Google, we found the restaurant recommended on TripAdvisor. Unfortunately they didn’t have sardines this day so we left and found another restaurant close by that did. It was packed with customers. The sardines were delicious. Jill had smoked Portuguese bird (chicken) sausage which she loved. We were in an area packed with tourists near Sao Bento train station. We manoeuvred our way back through the hoards to relax for a bit and regroup. Rain was in the forecast and I was down one pastel de nata. What to do.
That is a great head shot of the two of you. I love the pastry counters.
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