Early breakfast then the challenge of getting the bikes downstairs for a quick test ride. Not as easy as it looks but after a bit of huffing and puffing Rick and David navigated the narrow stairwell down from the 3rd and 4th floors respectively for a quick whizz around the hotel basement. All appears well thank goodness. Then of course they had to carry them back up to our rooms again afterwards -with rinse and repeat tomorrow morning .

David and I then went on a quest to finda bike shop to top up on a couple of spare parts ( much walking but no success) after which we walked across the bridge to the south side of Porto which is home to most of the port wine establishments. While there were some spectacular views across the river we didn’t find this side as interesting as the much more eclectic areas of the north banks. Meanwhile Rick and Bei did their darndest to see all the sights in their one day , meeting up with us for lunch in a riverside cafe .

We finished the day with a briefing from the Camino tour company (who have organised our luggage transfers and accomodation . So with maps and Camino Credentials in hand we four pilgrims are good to go – just need a good nights sleep.