A weekend in Porto!

I just got back from an amazing weekend in Porto, Portugal! It was a relaxing weekend in a beautiful city. I will share some highlights and of course some photos!

1. We managed to figure out the metro and bus system in Portugal where everyone speaks Portuguese. Note: I only know how to say "Thank you" in Portuguese. On the metro on our way!!

2. Having an amazing hostel that we just happened to find on hostelworld.com. The location was great and the people there were so nice and spoke english! We meet people from France, England, Costa Rica and China while at the hostel. This is the street view of the hostel.

 The view of our terrace from our room!

3. Bus tour of the city that allowed us to see all around the city. We also took a boat tour on the river. The views were breathtaking. Below is one of the streets.

The city had beautiful bridges crossing the river.

 4. The atlantic Ocean. The waves were amazing and we were right by the pier and lots of big rocks. Girls on the beach:)

 5. The city views that we saw were great! Some of us with the river and city behind us.

 6. We ate dinner on the river and watched the sunset. Note: this photo was not edited and was the background to our dinner. Fresh salmon for everyone while I got french fries and fried eggs which I special ordered because everything on the menu including the child's menu had meat on it.

7. During dinner we heard drumming and then there were 25 or so drummer boys and men marching through the street. After dinner there was a festival parade in honor of Saint Joao. People were dressed up and marching in groups. The parade ended in a square where each group danced. They all danced to the same song. The people that danced ranged from 3 years old to 70 years. Although we had no idea what was going on because everything was in Portuguese it was fun to watch.  This is me a drummer boy. 

 8. I visited the beach again with Sam and Genna. Some alpha love with the Atlantic Ocean.

This weekend was nice because we didn't have an agenda so we were free to do whatever and see whatever. This was really nice and made it a relaxed weekend. Saturday was one of my favorite days since I have been in Europe. This weekend was full of laughter and confusion. Overall it was a marvelous weekend in Porto, Portugal! There will be plenty more pictures on facebook soon!