Porto, Portugal

Loved the buildings all close together and old. Semi derelict ones sandwiched in between others obviously inhabited. They are multi-storeyed and crammed in together - orange tiled rooves. So different to anything I’ve seen in ‘real life’ to date. I have enjoyed not being in crowds like in Singapore. English is a lot more prevalent than I thought it would be and a little card about my gluten free thing has already proved great. The limited contact with local people we have had has been friendly. They have been patient and happy to repeat things. As well as strolling around, we have done a couple of bus tours and a short river cruise which were great to get a feel for the place and see significant icons here. 6 bridges in close proximity to each other. Yummy port and cheap too - forgot we did a port ‘tour and tasting‘. Really beginning to feel on holiday and so looking forward to all our holiday now - funny how it takes a bit to sink in. Well we’ll tackle local transport systems again when we catch a train to Coimbra - last one went well on attempt 3 or 4!