{"id":1418,"date":"2016-09-20T05:56:03","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T09:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web1prod.sunflowerit.ca\/wordpress\/auto-draft\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T15:08:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T19:08:39","slug":"porto-entrace-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sunflowerit.ca\/travel\/other-trips\/europe2016\/trips-europe\/porto-entrace-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"Porto: Our entrance to Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2016.09.14 (Montreal – Porto)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our overnight flight from Montr\u00e9al to Porto was ok except for the stop over in Lisbon which was a bit longer than expected. Immigration and baggage claim were promptly completed. Coming out of Porto\u2019s airport, we quickly realized that English did not appear to be widely spoken. We got our introduction to Porto\u2019s light rail metro system with our commute from the airport to the station closest to our hotel. By 1:30pm, we had checked into our room and by 3:00pm we left our hotel for a self-guided walking tour of Porto\u2019s tourist area. We hopped in the metro to get there faster. Although we were told that Porto was very hilly, until we got to the center of town, we did not really understand where the hills were. After wrapping up our walking tour, we walked back to our hotel while looking for some restaurant offering. By 6:00pm, we were quite tired and somewhat eager to eat, so after exploring the streets around our hotel we ended up eating at a shopping mall food court. We bought some water and snacks at a large food store in the shopping mall. We both fell asleep shortly after 9pm.<\/p>\n\n\n