Camino Santiago Day 9-10: Recovery Days 1-2, Porto Portugal, 6-7 Sept 2023

I’m in the midst of recovery, and it can be really tough(!) 😄 so blog volume is down, and I’m making this entry good for 2 days. Day 1 was get up too early, Don vs. time zones, no sleep in allowed, but everything is fine, we had hired a driver to get us from hotel to hotel and he was absolutely superb. Rest of day 1 was resting at new very nice hotel and getting used to the amenities.

Hotel Pool

Day 2, we touristed around a little bit. So much to see! Inside lobby of train station is covered with tile work. Fancy church is very old and impressive. Trendy neighborhood “Riberia” is like NW 23rd (for you Portland people) but bloated on steroids and exploded in size, quality, and quantity beyond belief. Very fancy! We met up with an old college friend of Don’s and his spouse at their way cool home for a fun glimpse into part of the American Expat Community.

Random pictures of Porto are below.

Fridge Magnets

Street scene

In train station

More train station, amazing

Train station

Skyline

Church Cloisters, influencers, and insta-gram husbands. Everything in that sentence except “Church Cloisters” are pretty much everywhere.

Relief of Jesus and John the Baptist. Very nice.

More tile work

Tourists and skyline

Rooftops

Street scene. This is a car-friendly thoroughfare not a pedestrian zone

Tile work for home siding, Riberia neighborhood

River front windows and balconies, Riberia neighborhood

River views and more insta-gram people 😀

This light fixture is made of perfume bottles, the hotel was built on the site of a long-lived perfume factory. Factory Chimney is preserved, as seen on the right

This is a great place for recovery, so much to see and do!! And a nice pool.