Porto and a road with a view, or two

The trains weren't running but I encountered other means of transport.

I passed this quaint thing on Clerigos street. It caters for tourists.

 

There are yellow and red double-decker buses. If I didn't have my little dog with me I would have gone on at least one of their tours.

Some interesting sculptures:

I had to wait to get a shot of this newspaper seller ("ardino") because lots of tourist couples were taking turns having their picture taken with this guy. And I took a fancy to this angel:

This is what I had with my coffee - it's a "broa de mel", a rich honey sweetbread.  It was so good and fresh, that I asked the waitress to let me photograph one.

This is the "Passeio dos Prazeres", with the garden below:

 

It's a pity they had to put the dumpsters right next to the sign!

And just a few metres from where I had left the car, I found this beautiful old fountain :

This is the Arrabida Bridge ("Ponte da Arrábida"). I took it to get in and out of the city.

A road with a view

Then I decided to check out the views from the other side of the river, travelling on another road with a view:

That bit of green is the garden surrounding the Rosa Mota Pavilion ("Pavilhão rosa Mota").

This used to be the customs building, now a congress centre and museum,

You can just see the Serra do Pilar Monastery and the top of the steel Luís I Bridge ("Ponte de D. Luís").

If I saw all this in a few hours, imagine what you could do in a weekend!

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