Began our day following breakfast with a city tour of Lisbon. Were taken by the lovely Maria as our guide, to the oldest part of Lisbon, from which the city developed. Passed the elevator that was built to take people from the lower part of Lisbon to the upper part, as the city is built in a series of seven hills. Continued down to the water passed the old railroad station and several beautiful squares before arriving at Edward the Vll park. This is a...

Well, it’s time to leave this interesting town of Porto by the river and head south to Lisbon. Made the two hour trip south to stop in Fatima. Fatima is the town where there Shepard children saw a vision of the Virgin Mary in around 1917. According to the story she was spotted and at times conversed with for several months on the same date. There is now a huge square with a basilica and other religious buildings and sites. Made our way into ...

Woke up in the beautiful city of Porto. Due to some digestive issues from last night and this morning. I didn’t make the tour of the city. Larry went, so more on that later….. Met with others who did not do the morning tour around 10:30, and got info to go to Baiga to meet the tour group. Made our way to the metro, managed to get a card and hopped in the line that took us to the other side of the river. On the way we passed over the famous metal br...

Good-bye ( for now), hello to Portugal. Left this lovely city of Salamanca this morning to make our way to Portugal. Our first stop in Portugal was the gardens of Casa de Mateus. On our way we left the high table mesa of Spain, to make our way to Porto. As we headed there we went down in altitude, and saw the vegetation become much greener again. Entering the Douro valley we were treated to spectacular views of hills adorned with many beautiful ...