Saturday, Oct 12th, Porto, Portugal

Greetings!

Our goals today were to do some port tasting, and to ride the river tram out to the beach.  Both involved a huge hike from where we were staying (top of the hill overlooking the river) down to the river, across a narrow bridge, up along the water's edge to the port sellers caves, back and over the bridge and up the other side to the start of the tram, and then back up the hill home.

Pat's using her walking stick, so steps are harder.  My use of Google Maps is still improving for one way roads, and really not very good for the walking feature.

Along the way, we watched people.  That was what today was all about.  Saturday travel days bring out residents more than any other day, and their immersion into our lives changes our experience.  Seeing them discover their country is illuminating.  It adds so much to helping us see the social dimension, so important to understanding culture.

We tasted the port, and learned much about the main port in Portugal.  We bailed on the tram, and took a taxi for the last hill.  We're paying attention to our own capabilities, and making every day as productive as possible


To see all of the photos taken today, click on: Saturday, Oct 12th, Porta, Portugal.