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<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMaybe 25 meters away is this great view of my two favorite people in front of the Clerigos Tower, which we are about to climb. This tower marks the center of Porto.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n The view from the top. This was not easy to climb up…the stairs are VERY narrow and most non-American (yes, I’m being biased) tourists have no concept of how two bodies fit past each other. I literally got stuck at one point and had to elbow a fat woman to get her to move! WTF? I think she was German. I don’t hate German’s, I just got that impression….”my fatness matters” or some such shit.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Remember that shot of Kim and Fletcher a little ways back? This is looking down on that park.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n A final shot of the Tower before walking down the hill.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n We then went to the Church of St. Francis, because we heard how much gold was covering the church. We were not disappointed. All of that money could have been spent on so many worthy causes….versus making wood shiny…..but that’s just me.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n More shiny wood that could literally pay for a thousand homes for the poor.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n This was a shot through the floor of the crypt area. Seemed odd to me that they just threw in all the bones so haphazardly<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Sunset from the bridge crossing the Douro River. This is facing Gaia, on the opposite side from Porto.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Another sunset shot from our room in Gaia. We were pretty shocked at how crowded the entire Porto\/Gaia area was for late December.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n We went to the Yeatman, a luxury hotel with a 2 Michelin Star restaurant, for Fletcher’s birthday dinner. I saw this scuplture inside the hotel and had to get a photo.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n The birthday boy!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n We toured one port house in Gaia, Calem. I wanted to tour more, but with being sick and all of the houses being closed on New Year’s Day, we only fit one in. A very generic tour but still educational, and the tour guide had a good sense of humor. Followed up by a tasting of three types of Port.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Our New Year’s Eve dinner. Most of the restaurants on NYE need to be pre-booked well in advance and they almost all charge a fortune. This was the highest rated sushi place in Porto (Gion) and they were relatively inexpensive on this night, and obviously provided enough food for the 3 of us! This is just the main course. No, this is not what made us sick. We think it was the “shelf stable” milk we put in our coffee. There is something inherently wrong with milk that doesn’t require refrigeration.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n New Years Eve fireworks! Pretty good show all up and down the Douro river, but this was the main show in central Porto.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n We saw this car on New Years Day. Bet he was on his phone when this happened! You can see him on the phone now….”hello, Geico?….do you cover stupidity?” Not a good start to 2019!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n One last shot looking down on Porto from the top of the Dom Luis Bridge.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Off to Barcelona first thing in the morning.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our time in Porto didn’t really play out into individual days outiside of the first day, the Douro valley and Conimbriga. Part of the problem is Chris and Kim both got quite sick, Chris in particular, so we spent quite a bit of time in our room one day. With that being said, we still … <\/p>\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n