Had a delightful surprise when we got to our hotel. It was around 11:30 pm and it was like a condo so we were just given a code to get in the front door and then find our room and then a code for that door as well. Very much like Crete.
It was a lovely large room, very antique looking. It even had a kettle for tea and coffee. This made us very happy and comfortable as with the weird bus train ride we were a little apprehensive. Had a nice cup of tea and off to bed.
No breakfast with this flat but walked around went past the cathedral with line ups blocks long. Walked down to the park and took pictures with the two old ladies, long story about these two sisters. Had lunch at a little cafe, craving soup they had the most delicious Galician cabbage soup. Went to mass that night hoping to see the incense burner sway but they didn’t do it, but John has a picture from last year. Went out to a little café that John and Gerry went to last year for spaghetti Bolognese, seems to be very popular here.
The next morning was pouring rain but by the time we got up and went for cappuccino at the little Bistro below the rain had stopped and the sun was coming out. Did a hop on bus that took us on a tour around old town. Very interesting. Did a bunch of souvenir shopping and then had a lovely dinner of calamari and pizza.
The next day we had to kill five hours after we checked out so took our time having cappuccinos and tapas, then walked down towards the bus station, stopped and had lunch, breakfast at a little Bistro. Great wine and spaghetti Bolognese (have a bit of a theme going on here).
Then walked to the bus depot and wasted another two hours.
Bus was supposed to leave at 4:45 but didn’t take off till 5:30. Absolutely great scenery, mountainous, forested and green. Beautiful little villages nestled amongst the forest. Great highways with tons of tolls booths. Finally made it to Porto, around 8:30 and found the Grand Hotel of Paris. The hotel was really fun, old time grandeur with bell hop etc. The rooms are large and you need a key to unlock your room. Kinda brothel looking. Dropped off our luggage and went out for a glass of wine!!!
Love your story 👍👍
Thanks Daryl. A few more to come.