Bom Dia Bo & Dud, Apart from obrigado (thank you) - this is the full extent of my Portuguese, and I’m not sure that the people understand even then what I am saying. Any road up, where were we? Thank goodness I keep a diary or I think we would have forgotten more than we remember. Before leaving Porto we decided that an outing was in order to follow the route of the Douro River - the Douro Valley is where the grapes are grown for the Port and Wine of the region. Again it was one of those ‘this is not what we expected’ experiences. We had a vision of mile upon mile of hand constructed, terraced vines - to infinity and beyond. No, not at all, the river valley is very steep, and the
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