Last day in Porto

Breakfast at the hotel and then we all go out separate ways. 

Some hugs. This is Lena the youngest of the group and I’m the oldest! 

Val and I are going to explore the city after the Livraria Lello visit. Fortunately we have tickets for 10:30 and the lines are insane! 

People are let in every 15 minutes, and there is no time to leave! It is crowded but it is quite spectacular. 

Worth the visit but maybe go late in the day when no one is there and I could actually buy a book.

The ceiling 

Now to explore and see new things

University area and the Lion Foundation

They have trams here but they run infrequently so no one pays any attention to them. When they do run, they need a police escort! 

Val wants to see where JK Rowling had coffee..

Apparently she never did come to the library. 

Guess what… a line up at the Majestic Cafe. No we did not line up

Not real but pretty 

Porto has some serious construction happening while they put in another metro line. 

I wanted to find the cafe that made the famous Portuguese hot dog

We each had a Cachorrinho here where they are famous for them. They were quite good.

We decided to head towards the water and we down, down and down stairs! 

And more

Then we went up but not so many. There is funicular for those who’d rather not walk. 

Views at the top

We really enjoyed finding narrow streets and unusual places

Always finding new and fun things 

Tile art work on buildings

We went into a local church

It was lovely but as we sat down, a group of women stood up and sang and we thought we best leave. Little did we reality they had locked the doors! And at that moment my phone rang! She unlocked the door and let (kicked) us out. 

Now we found a huge market! What fun! We bought our dinner

Seafood

Giant zucchini 

These are mushrooms.

We bought bread cheese, charcuterie meat, pear, almonds, dried mango, olives, buns 

A delicious picnic in our room.

Gelato this morning and why not one more to end the day.

Sometimes when you’re traveling and shopping, the salesperson goes out of their way to be helpful. This is such a person.

Thank you Porto 
Tomorrow we take the train to Lisbon and spend the night for our flight back on Wednesday.