Postcard from Porto
Hi Wee Yin,
Sorry about how I left you, I was in a hurry to catch the plain. Just a short note to let you know we are all good and having fun. This is the view from our apartment when we arrived.
Porto is a nice place and I’m sure you would love it here. Lots of places to explore with lots of walking. Their train station is small but is nicely tiled.
In the old part of the city you could be off leash because the streets are so small cars cant get down them.
Porto is built on hills so is up and down then up again. Occasionally you find nice wee squares where it is quiet and good for a pit stop.
Some things make it very different from Glasgow. Even in the city centre the people here hang out their washing.
In the afternoon we went to a market. One thing for sure Poppy, I will not be feeding you barnacles, they are minging.
This is the square beside the flat its only ever quiet first thing in the morning. You can just about see our balcony. You would love the balcony, even better than your windowsill.
We thought we would check out the beach just in case we come back with you. To get there we had to catch a tram. Trams were very busy and you have to que to get on them. I ended up having words with a driver on the way home. The beach was ok by the way.
The view from the flat before the sun goes down
This is what it looks like at night-time.
On Sunday we went to explore the other side of the river in Gaia.
Gaia is very different from Porto. They have good graffiti in Gaia.
We jumped on a boat and went to explore the river, this is a picture of our flat. It’s the middle one with the red shutters.
People in Gaia really do good graffiti.
One thing you would hate would be the bikers, millions of them and each one tried to be louder than the other.
The main reason we came here was to try the red juice its famous for. They have a lot of it here. It was very nice.
Gaia also has a cable car. It is the best way to get up the hill and has great views.
At the top was the church we see from our balcony. Looks different close up.
The bridge looks different from up here too.
Back at the flat we got a visitor. One thing for sure it wouldn’t be there if you were around.
The people here love to watch the sun go down. The next time we see the sun we will be back. Keep being good for granny and grampa. See you tomorrow.
