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Porto

We arrived in Porto by 12 and promptly followed the arrows in the wrong direction to get to our albergue (Hostel aeroporto)! A kind man set us straight so that we could dump our bags and go exploring.



We caught the tram into town and pretended to be tourists for the day.




We saw a lot of Portugal's Cockerels but these were my favourite hiding down a back street for us to find.




 The view from the river is amazing and you can see these boats near where the port distilleries are - I think that they used to transport the port up and down the river.





Porto's Cathedral - up a hill, it took us a while to find it. Inside it's quite dark as there are few windows as it has been squeezed into a small space. It's a defensive Cathedral where citizens could go for shelter if the city was attacked (I'm not sure when or if it was used for this).



Walking around we saw both blue and yellow arrows but, unlike on the Camino Frances, the blue arrows don't indicate the path back from Santiago but rather the Pilgrimage to Fatima.



We'll be on our way properly tomorrow but before then just one last picture, my first sello on the Camino Portuguese!




Ultreia! 

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