Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Sunday morning 7am

The laundry opens at 7am. We set our alarm for 7am. At 7:15am, the shutters were still down. Then miraculously, as we were about to leave, the shutters went up.
But the magic entry button was not lit up. We couldn't get in. For the best part of an hour we kept checking. Half the lights for entry appeared but the entry button did not work. 
At 10am we walked out of another laundry with clean dry clothes and a saving of 10 euros in our pockets.
Google reviews will be used.
Off we went on foot around Porto. We walked the upper deck of yesterday's lower deck bridge walk and mainly wandered the streets. To our delight, Taco Bell were celebrating National Taco Week and at 1 euro each, we could afford 2 each. We were a bit dubious but they were really nice.
Did I forget the Editor buying another 6 Portuguese tarts (or as they call them in Portugal, tarts)? That's 13 so far, but who's counting (Editor'snote: Actually Mark ate 2 of them).
The constant uphill grind is taking its toll so we rested up for dinner.
The local favourite is a meat sandwich covered in cheese with a tomato, beer soup in a bowl. We had the veal and it was very good, as were the herbed wedges that accompanied. The dish is called Francesinha. Yum.
We climbed our last hill of the Porto visit before heading to flatter ground.

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