Porto- Day 3

So, day 3 was a lot of walking and exploring… well, I guess as much walking and exploring 13 people can do who for some reason were not on the same eating, drinking and going to the bathroom schedule… so what that meant was that we essentiaally stopped every 10 minutes for food, coffee, wine, water and then of course bathrooms. That being said, we did see a lot of the main city today and I am convinced that I will be coming back to this place. I love the feel, the friendly peope, the reasonable food and drink. A glass of wine is as little as 80 cents. We ordered a house bottle of wine for 4 euros.

Lunch was a combination of a bunch of snacks we ate over a few hours. We also indulged in Portugal’s favorite pastry Pastel de nata (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastel_de_nata), which are delicious….

We had dinner reservations at a very traditional Portuguese restaurant called O Buraco,

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