I spent my first two nights of my vacation in Porto, Portugal, driving up from the airport in Lisbon along the West Coast, fortifying myself with double espressos, as I had been on the overnight flight from Boston just a few hours earlier.
The streets of Porto were extremely busy, partly due to the regular traffic there, and partly due to the fact that there’s an awful lot of construction going on in that city. I was told that they were putting in new subway lines, and the construction had been going on since Covid. It made getting to my hotel a bit difficult, but once I was there and the valet took my car away, it was nothing but comfort.
Nice to not only have a beautiful room to crash in at the end of the day, but a great bar for that last drink of the night. Breakfast the next day was at the hotel and in typical European style, it was an excellent buffet with many choices.



