I wanted to make the most of my last full day so I decided to walk to the beach. To get there I had to walk a long way around the river. The first part of my walk was very interesting because the Red Bull Race was taking place in Porto. There were thousands of people lined up against the river. The planes had to quickly manoeuvre through obstacles then do a big loop and go back again. It was very impressive and cool to see. Leaving the planes behind I walked un...

I got up and had a great breakfast again. Mandelise and I left about 9.30 to get the tube to Belem. A really nice neighbourhood where we saw the tower of Belem, the presidential palace, a monastery, a great view of the bridge and some other monuments. Also it is the home of the traditional pastel de nata, so we bought 2 from the shop. They came in a posh box and we we opened it later there were 3 in the box! We then got the train to Cascais, a nice seaside town....

Today I started the day eating the included breakfast at hostel which was great - freshly cooked pancakes, cereal, toast and crossiants. Then I did the walking tour on which started at the hostel. It was a really nice group of people. Near the beginning of the tour I was pooed on by a big pigeon, right on top of my head!! Luckily a girl helped me clean it off, not an awesome start to the tour! . We saw a palace, some main squares, heard about the traditional m...

Unfortunately I had to spend most of the day on the bus. In the morning i had a bit of a walk around Vigo but sadly it was raining so I didn't do too much. The bus for Lisbon left at 1.30pm and arrived at 8.30pm. I was a bit overwhelmed initially when i got off the bus, because although I've been to big cities on this trip, Lisbon is by far the biggest I've been to for a while. I got my bearings and navigated the metro to my hostel, pretty simple in the end. ...