Kirsten, the Aussie girl I met in Eastern Europe, assured me that normal weekends are for seeing the UK but long weekends must be spent in Europe. So last weekend, being the May Day public holiday weekend, we got some cheap flights to Porto, Portugal. Being a few 100kms South we felt sure it was going to be beach weather but even with plenty of blue sky and sunshine...low 20s is still a bit chilly for that! The comforting thought was that it had dropped back below 10 degrees in London with rain and even rumours of snowflakes! Porto is a gorgeous Unesco listed town built around a river. What made it unique though, was that the river is almost a bit of a ravine making the cliff faces on either side stunning scenery. The mouth
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