So much to catch up on…
Wednesday, January 15th - to Pinhão
Pinhão is a small town located at the confluence of the Duoro and Pinhão rivers, in the heart of port country. When we were there it was quiet, not much open and it was hard to find a place to eat.
We made our journey from Porto to Pinhão with a tour. We made a few stops along the way before a wine tasting at Croft.
https://croftport.com/en/
Then on to lunch……
We are getting a welcome drink!!!! I so miss a welcome drink.
And then it was time to say Goodbye to our tour companions as we waited for a taxi to arrive to drive us to our AirBnB. Our tour companions consisted of people from The Hague, Hong Kong, Chicago, France and of course the Brit and the American. I tried to do very little talking as not to expose the fact that I’m an American. I’m certainly not proud of this fact, now more than ever before. Although, to be clear, I never really have been. That’s just me.
I do believe we’ve had a lot of port today 😜or it’s Cheryl’s British humour!
You are always with me. ❤️Walker❤️
View from our AirBnB.
Shortly after I took this picture, we lost our sun and it became rather chilly. The space heater in the upstairs did not work and European homes do not often have central heating. I feel like I’ve been cold for days. We opted to get outside and get walking to find a place to eat, which proved difficult. We stumbled upon a local spot where we made friends with Pãolo who spoke to us in a mix of Portuguese, French, German and English.
We ate delicious sandwiches and I drank local wine, of course!
I found it humorous that the local men at the pub/bar were drinking wine. When in Pinhão……
