PORTO

Haven't even finished updating on Porto and we were off to central Italy. so now that we're back, let's wrap up on Portugal!

Arrived in Porto's lovely Sao Bento station at 9+pm. It doesn't just serve its purpose as Porto's city station, but houses some of the most beautiful traditional white-tiles-with-blue-paintings walls.

La buena vista de noche!

City hall in the day and the night

The Se Cathedral
View from the cathedral The Riberia riverfront was gorgeous. View atop the iron bridge...There's actually a story to the bridge. The designer of the bridge was also the one who designed the Eiffel Tower in Paris! He won the competition to design a bridge across the Duoro River. Do you spot the similarity?


Having learnt our lesson from the previous mishaps, this time around we decided to be damn early for the morning flight, just in case. Took the first train to the airport and chilled there.
Sunrise at the Porto Airport...

Portugal is a reeeally lovely country, in case our rushed blog entries have under-justified its true beauty. Go visit it!

Travel advice for our exchange pals:

Fly into Porto -> Train to Lisbon -> Train/Bus to the Algarves (beach area in the south! must-go: Lagos!) -> fly out from Faro. That way you can save a lot by not flying through Lisbon, and savour the entire Portugal from North to South!