Today we walked across the bridge to the famous Port caves. These are the warehouses of the famous wine makes from the Duoro valley. Lisa and I look a tour, learned that they still pick and stomp the grapes (hand and foot respectively), they use only french oak barrels , and not all port is sweet. We climbed in sunshine on ancient cobblestone streets and talked to people about their everyday lives. all the tourist things were milestones on my trip plan. The real ...

Leaving for Lisbon and connecting to Porto. This is another " must do" I will be crossing from my list. No worries. It just leaves room for a new one. Lisa (baby sister) and I will be soaking up the rays and climbing the 7 hills of the city of Lisbon.