It finally happened! I got to see DawnO again after 6 weeks apart. We last saw each other in Vietnam but this time we met up in Lisbon, Portugal, where we then hopped on a train to Porto. Since she’s been blogging for the past few weeks I have to pick up the slack and write a few entries before I’m back in Canada.
I can’t say enough great things about Porto. It reminds me of an Eastern European city like Prague. The architecture here is absolutely gorgeous. One of the first things we did was climb to the top of the highest bell tower (seen in first picture below) and take in the view.
Before long we took to the streets which seemed like a recipe to get lost, but we found that most roads funnel to the same places.
Dom Luís Bridge 
Our place
Today is our anniversary so we had a big day planned. This morning we stood in a line that spanned 2.5 blocks in order to walk through the bookstore that inspired JK Rowling to write her first outline of the Harry Potter novels. Legend has it that the interior of the store, including the twisted staircase, are what inspired the design of Hogwarts.
You may have already guessed it but Porto is the place where port is made. Next on our agenda was to take tour of one of the many cellars that house a variety of ports. We chose one at random for our tour and then headed to a bar closer to home to try a flight of 8 different regional ports.
Tomorrow we take a train to Sintra for a couple of days. Then it’s back to Lisbon where we’ll meet up with DawnO’s parents. I hope they like port.
That bunny is beautiful! That meat n’ cheese Dish looks scrumptious. Happy anniversary. I didn’t get any drunk texts today! Enjoy this leg 🦵 of the trip.