It is beautiful here in Porto. We walked around the city to absorb some of the lovely vibe. So many things and areas to check out.

It is also a statutory holiday here in Portugal. May 1 is their labour day. Most shops are closed. We caught sight of people in the streets with banners. Some sort of protest, I think.

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Here’s food for thought. As we no longer have a fixed plan for this trip, we decided we can design this in whatever manner we want it to be. Perhaps we can stay a few more days in Porto to sightsee as we had in Lisbon.

We walked around the area near our hostel. The following are pictures from our ‘walk’.

We also took pictures of unusual items in the following:

Can you see the side of this building?

And for those of us who have seen the movie featuring this comic hero, The Shadow (of course, I am just simply naming this picture as such as it reminds me of that character):

Karen took the next picture which I think is pretty cool. I look like I am “shooting light” (Elaine…..if you are reading this one, please note the obvious joke here. Perhaps we can compare notes later……LOL)

We took a few more pictures:

And found a couple of Camino arrows:

Then we went back to the hostel. Their chefs Erica and Jose were inviting guests to their pizza making party.

We had already decided on cooking for ourselves tonight so we could not join them.

Our dinner was pretty exciting too:

Have a great “May Day” Calgary!!!

Hilda