Wednesday, September 6 – Today we had our last train ride
which left Porto to Lisbon at 2:34 pm.
We decided to have breakfast with Dorota, Jorge, and Aurelia. At the restaurant where we ate, sign says “Food
from another World”. We think that the
mean their “food is out of this world”.
Close enough, I guess. We had a
nice breakfast together and walked with Dorota until she left to her tour meeting
point. Then we walked with Jorge and
Aurelia to her day care. This took us
past Dorota’s old apartment, the one I stayed with her before. After we dropped Aurelia off and said good
bye, we walked a little more with Jorge and then said good bye.
We decided to walk to the east side of Porto to see a large
cemetery. We are packed and so we don’t have
much to do but walk. After our walk, we
headed back to the flat. Dorota and Jorge’s
flat is a nice three bedroom that was built in the 60’s. Jorge told Thom that at the time these flats were
built, they were luxury apartments and that most families in the building had
live in maids. The second bathroom, a
small maid’s room, kitchen, and laundry area are separated from the three
bedrooms and living room. This was the
maid’s area. The family’s area would
have been the living room / dining area, the larger bathroom, and the three
bedrooms. As we got back to the flat,
Dorota texted me to let me know her tour got done early and she would be able see
us before we left.
Dorota went with us to the market and we grab lunch to go
and had more samples of port. Then we
headed to the train station for final good byes. This was the messiest entry on to a train
that we have had. There was a tour group
(either American or Canadian) getting on the same car as us. They had huge suitcase which none of the
ladies could lift. They blocked the
entry way onto the train. Thom finally
helped several and I made it on. At one
point the doors started to close, but there were still many people who had not
made it on. These people from the tour
group couldn’t find places for their oversized luggage. It was a bit of a zoo. We finally made it to our seats and the rest
of the ride was uneventful. We got off
at the main train station in Lisbon which was huge. We found our Ibis Hotel which was a short walk
away and then headed to the old city center of Lisbon.
We walked around a little and then went to the harbor. It was much busier than when I was in Lisbon
10 years ago. It seemed like Lisbon was
better off economically and there were many eateries all over. We had dinner by the harbor and then headed
back to the hotel.
Tomorrow will be our last day and a long day of traveling
back to Middleton. Fortunately, it will
not be an early morning as our flight does leave until 11:25 am.
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