Hi Everyone! Here in Porto...for a few days. Big events here..there is a big football match...Friday and Sunday, so people here from all over the World...lots of drunken debauchery...what will happen in Doha?????lolol. Whoever wins on Friday plays the Netherlands for THE CUP on Sunday! Have been sooo blessed to have a lovely new friend here through Kannan...(thanks for the INTRO) named Mariana who picked me up at the train from Lisbon and took me to my hostel...

Wow..this place was a MIND BLOWER... One little town of castles of the rich and famous that were the Portuguese elite. After the BIG earthquake that took out most of Lisbon on November 1st 1755.All Saints Day, most people who were still alive wanted to be HIGH UP and on ROCK...so the rich ended up in this little Vortex town not far from Lisbon and bought or built these castles...WAYYYY UP HIGH...lovely town..shrouded in Stories of the Knights Templar and the F...

Love this town...totally chill vibe here, and lots to see and do! Experiencing a heat wave..30C plus so sticking around for a while and exploring before heading to Porto next week. Went to a lovely beach town a 1/2 hr train ride from Lisbon called Cascais..and spent a beauty day just chilling. Did a walking tour of Lisbon with a cool young lady that took us off the beaten path to a lot of great places I shall return too and I learned a LOT! Heading to Mystical...