Porto

On Saturday morning, we woke up in a new Portuguese city: Porto. Porto is the second biggest city in Portugal, and is famous for its Port wine. We had all day Saturday to explore this new city, and luckily Jodie knew a girl from Porto (Filippa) who spent all day showing us around. My favourite part of Porto was the Douro river, which runs through the middle of the city. There were many beautiful views to be found around the river, especially once the sun started to set.

A group picture in front of the Douro River: Ellen, Jodie, Bea, me, Grace, Rebecca, and Eilidh.

The city streets were also very pretty as there are Christmas decorations, especially Christmas lights, everywhere! We also got to see the biggest Christmas tree in Europe, and it was huge! By the end of the day, we were again so tired from all the walking we had done that we just ended up going out for dinner at the typical Portuguese restaurant that Filippa brought us to, then going back to the hostel to bed.

The biggest Christmas tree in Europe.