May 21, 2011
Day 10 Porto
John and I were really looking forward to walking the gardens at the hotel. So after breakfast we headed up to see the large collection of trees, including this one whose roots looked like an octopus.
From Coimbra, our job was to drive to Porto for a tour of Portugal’s second largest city. Once we checked into the hotel we took a cab to the city center. What a beautiful day, and what a beautiful waterfront.
We stopped for a really delicious lunch of clams, clams, and more clams.
After lunch we headed down the river a way and walked into one of the Port Lodges, where we planned to do a tour. We were told that the English tour would be leaving in about 2 hours, but the French tour was leaving right away. John was game! So we took the French tour and I translated the highlights for him.
From there we did the walking tour of Porto, seeing many of the sites on this hilly town.
Tomorrow we’re off to the Douro Valley, for a day of rest before our Half Marathon on Sunday.
