Saturday, March 22, 2008

Pictures from Porto!!!!

They're in reverse chronological order...
On a little wall in the gardens


Getting crazy


Marta and I felt like kids again... We hadn't had alcohol for at least 16 hours!!


Flower


So not posed...


Beautiful colours


Typical wall decorations made of hundreds of little tiles. It looks a bit like a wall made of 'Delfs Blauwe' dishes


How to build as many apartments as possible on a tiny little piece of ground


A church...

The gardens, which are a miniature copy of the gardens of Versailles


Me!!!


A facade


View from the cathedral which is set on Porto's highest hill


Idem


Idem

See how nice the weather was?!


On top of hill, very tired after a long climb - and perhaps the port tasting had something to do with that too...


Tasting port


Another church


Roarrrrr!!!

Square on the river with typical houses


Square on the river with a typical tourist and guides trying to remain incognito


Porto is known as 'The City of Bridges'


The old town behind boats traditionally used to ship the grapes from the inland valleys to Porto to produce port wine


The old city


The Atlantic Ocean, it had been a long time since I saw it last

Me and Marta


A gigantic park in the middle of the city


Some famous port producers


Random building on top of a hill

Hope you enjoyed the pictures. I certainly enjoyed the trip!!!

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