Doing Porto

Today was supposed to be a slow day, with me waking feeling sick after a bad night. While a day in bed as my preference, Gail suggested a  easy bus trip and afternoon rest, but after getting  on the bus and seeing unpredicted sunshine, we hopped off and walked to the 6 Bridges cruise on the Douro.
Things turned weather wise when we got on board with a fierce, cold wind hitting us in the face. Robert turned heads by sitting a the front in t-shirt and shorts! Tough or insane?
Following the cruise we walked over the bridge to the port houses side. Lunch was in an excellent restaurant with a flamboyant waiter and some nice company from  German lady, and two French ladies on next tables. One lady from France was also from Granville like me. She didn’t know Paul Hogan even though her Granville was in Normandy.
Decide that a port tasting in Porto was essential, so we ventured into the impressive  Calem cellars. Not happy to go with the standard fare, we had a chocolate and port tasting. Very nice time spent matching artisanal chocolates with ports.
Wine tasting and dinner on the way back in the rain had me feeling no worse than at the start of the day, but we will see how the morning dawns once the euphoria wears off!