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Breakfast at the hotel. Your typical continental fare of eggs, sausage, bacon and bread.

Bus tour of Porto.

Something I hadn't seen in 18 years... the Atlantic Ocean.

A Vodaphone-sponsored statue of an electric guitar. Not visible in photo: Sign saying "Porto calls for you".

The Atlantic Ocean.

There's plenty of old architecture in Porto, such as this old castle.

At first glance, you'd think this road was Beverly Hills :-D This is actually a stretch of Avenida Dom Carlos I, at the mouth of the Tagus River.

The Tagus river, and the part of town across from it. Mostly orange roofs.

Arrabida bridge, one of the more modern bridges in Porto.

Our bus passing over an aqueduct along the river coast.

A mural...

...just before going under the oldest bridge in Porto, Dom Luis bridge.

Orange roofs from the other side of the river.

After walking to a port brewery expecting to find something to eat, we ended up settling for Pizza Hut, but as with the McDonald's before, we decided to try some non-typical fare, starting with this Brazilian soda made with guarana which IMO takes a lot like apple.

Appetizers: Breaded mushrooms, potato smilies, and cheese-garlic bread.

Another shot of the Dom Luis...

And finally our pizza, looking much more like a traditional pizza than the kind we normally get back home.

A view of the roads in Porto, replete with cobblestone.

Some statue.

Since this was the day before the start of the World Cup soccer, some stalls and a big screen were set up in front of the town hall. We'll see it again later.

Yet another shot of the Dom Luis, from a road high up above.

Portugal is quite the religious country, so there are plenty of churches here.
(2020 extra thoughts: This is the Church of Saint Ildefonso)

Santa Catarina shopping street. We'll see it again later.

Back at the hotel, briefly vegging in front of the TV with twin princesses Fine (red hat)...

...and Rein (blue hat). The show in question wasn't exactly a big hit. AFAIK, it's only been sold to Hong Kong, China, Italy... and Thailand and Portugal. Looks cute though :-)
(2020 extra thoughts: Not making this up: One of the very first photos I took with the same camera was of the TV at my house, showing a scene from this anime... not only that, but also from the exact same episode :-) It's particularly telling that the Fandom Wiki entry doesn't even have a more detailed recap, but enough about that digression)