Tuesday 11th October: Home day. Today was slated to be a home day doing my research but I did take a morning walk before putting in a couple of hours in front of the laptop.

Monday 10th October: Open Top Bus day. There was a public holiday in the USA and Canada today and, not surprisingly, trading market action was pretty slow. It was another spectacular day here after the fog lifted though and so I thought that I should make the most of it whilst it lasts as rain… More

Sunday 9th October: Cathedral Mass and tour to Aveiro. The fog was thick this morning and so I didn’t get out until almost 9 am. I didn’t dally though as I wanted to be home in time to do some chores before catching 11 am Mass at the Cathedral. I was only a few minutes… More

Friday 7th: This was a quiet day of just a morning walk and trading but I did go downstairs for dinner which proved to be most enjoyable. The venue, Dalva, was right beside the apartment block and I’d highly recommend them.

Wednesday Oct 5th: Day 4 My morning started at 4am and so it proved to be a long day. I ventured along the Douro for my morning walk and as today was a public holiday there was less car traffic but many more MAMILs on the road.

Porto, Portugal Monday 3rd October: My first full day: I managed to sleep through until 4 am which was an achievement and even scored a bit more sleep after making some calls to the folk at home. My morning walk didn’t get underway until about 8.30 am but the streets were still pretty deserted even… More

Sunday, October 2nd Apartment: https://www.vrbo.com/1501528ha I finally made it to my apartment in Porto, Portugal after 3 flights and 36 hours of travel. The taxi trip from the airport was about 15 minutes but slowed to a crawl once we reached the single lane touristy area along the street where I would be staying. I… More