Stunning!
Spectacular Sao Bento railway station in Porto
Fabulous!
Port side!
Serene
Sailing on the Douro
Blissful
Tavira Island
Wonderful
A Portuguese Water Dog arrives to perform
In action in the Water Dog Trials, Lagos
Portugal
Pretty Guimaraes, European City of Culture 2012
Just six words? Sorry- quite impossible!
Some of the highlights? Undoubtedly, sailing back to Porto from Peso da Regua on board a beautiful barco rabelo- the wooden boats used originally for carrying port downstream to mature in casks in Vila Nova de Gaia. The company of two young Americans, on the last day of their honeymoon, made it extra special.
The free walking tour we took around Porto, with Iris and 22 internationally varied others, was pretty good too. After 2 and a half hours of ups and downs, the Francesinha (a lavish cheese and meat toastie in a piquant sauce), and exchanged life histories, were also pretty great.
A glass of port in the surreal surroundings of Lello’s bookstore (sorry, no photos allowed)- it doesn’t get much better. The highly entertaining antics of the Portuguese Water Dogs, followed by a trip round the grottoes in a small water taxi- well, you know how I feel about water! You’re right- there will be more posts to follow…. I took over 570 photos.
For now I need to say thank you to Cate of Show My Face for welcoming me back again, and rush off to check what you’ve all been up to in my absence. Hope to see you all back here next week. Follow the links for more information.
restlessjo 
Cute doggie…never heard of them before, but Jo – that little white house with the birds…I am in love
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Aww! I guess they’d take an offer? It was perfectly situated too, overlooking a beautiful square, No, you’re much happier where you are.
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Sooo beautiful, Jo! Love all of them.
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Thanks Amy. I’m still working it out of my system, if you know what I mean!
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Wow! Gracious ALL of these are fabulous, Jo!
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It’s a pretty fabulous place. Thanks, Tahira.
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That’s the second pic – but quite a different style – of a great train station in Europe I’ve seen today. We Brits have got to get our act together,
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St Pancras isn’t at all bad, Tilly. Where was your other one?
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Malmo on Vivi’s blog.
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Blue sky, sunshine, beautiful scenery – love it! I’m looking forward to seeing more pictures. The dogs are really cute too 🙂
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I’m putting money on your going to Porto if you ever get to Portugal, Meg. It’s such a great city!
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Looks like a fabulous trip, Jo. I hope you’ll be putting for of these beautiful pics up! 😉
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Itching to get my next post written! Life gets in the way a bit, but I’m nearly caught up. Thanks Dianne.
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