Breakfast was included with our accommodation so we went down and chatted with some other guests. Breakfast was varied, ranging from cereals, eggs and bacon, assorted treats, juices and coffee. 

Time to wander up to the Sao Bento train station. The station tiled mosaics were as beautiful as ever. Outside the station there was a lot of construction for the new underground train line connection.

Scott noticed a sign to a Timeout Market next to the station.

This was new and we stopped for a beverage (and Dutch courage) before tackling the Ponte Luis I bridge (again for me).

My vertigo was not as pronounced this time but of course Scott was there to assist if needed. After creating some content, we went back to the  Timeout Market for lunch. Scott ordered some awesome salty oysters and a Francesinha which is a Portuguese sandwich, originally from Porto, made with layers of toasted bread and assorted hot meats such as roast, steak, wet-cured ham, chipolata over which sliced cheese is melted by the ladling of a near-boiling tomato-and-beer sauce called molho de francesinha. It was delicious! An Albertinha wine was the bevvy of choice.

Next to the market is an elevator which takes people up to a decagon type building… we were curious.

Well, this is the place where you can do Port tastings while looking out at the city buildings. Our waiter was extremely proficient in memorising the spiel and we were impressed with his effort and rewarded him accordingly.

He said that we were very kind and asked where we were from – so we have left him with a positive memory about Aussies.

We wandered back down to our hotel, stopping to make a reservation at the Tapas 65 restaurant for our dinner. This restaurant promised typical Portuguese fare.

We started with the traditional Verde soup and then shared Codfish balls, garlic prawns, calamari and sardines.

After a very satisfying meal we finished the night with a glass of port each in the hotel bar. 

boa noite