Beautiful Porto

It was a cool and windy day with pockets of sunshine in Porto. We took the metro across the Luis I bridge and then down to the river level via the cable car.

Douro river in Porto
Mum in the cable car

We went for another port tasting at Ramos Pinto. Most port houses are owned by the British as there was a deal done a few hundred years back to raise some money for Portugal and they sold them off.

Sandeman is a famous port brand
A tile decorated church

We went into the amazingly decorated St Francis church which is UNESCO world heritage listed. There was a lot of gold.

The tree of life carved from wood
We took an old style tram to the coast
A fort at the coast
The sea was pretty wild
We saw a happy hour special for oysters and a glass of sparkling !
A local dish called francesinha, like a steak sandwich with steak, ham and sausage covered in melted cheese and in a tomato spicy sauce, topped with an egg.

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