I love recommendations, don't you? So here are two praised ports, of which prior to planning this trip I wouldn't have given the time of day. With sincere apologies to Vigo and Lisbon for my ignorance:
Vigo - This port will be on our own and we plan a walking tour of the old town. Great recommendation from a CruiseCritic reviewer "coxswain" who spent a wonderful afternoon with friendly people at Casa Samaniego on thier own, walking straight from the pier to old town. Did someone say FREE sangria with all tapas orders? hmmmm. I hear to follow the buses to the large department store for shopping. Aha, women of the world unite! Sounds like we will need to rest our weary feet after this day with a caffe con leche. Don't you want to start practicing that phrase right now...."honey, will you bring me a caffe con leche?" Try it on for size tonight and let me know if it was successful!!
Lisbon - Must see, must eat from "Photographia" on CruiseCritic in his own words: "The custard tarts can be found all over Portugal. They look like little creme brulees, in a tart shell. Even if they don't particularly look aesthetically pleasing to you, they taste incredible. Every restaurant and pastry shop sells them, and while undoubtedly some shops will be better than others, I certainly never had a bad tart in the entire two weeks I spent in Portugal!" Well, we have not 2 weeks but 8 hours on a tour of the romantic castles and scenery. I am finding this may be the surprise city of the itinerary. And from Paula L of Tulsa, who turned me on to this tour in the first place, she swears the "cheesecake" in Sintra is unlike ours in the USA, but a MUST, MUST, so much a MUST that she wishes she had taken two pieces to go instead of one!!! And this on an 'all you can possibly stuff in even when you don't need it, by golly you paid for it' cruise???? Mighty fine compliment indeed.
More grapes to come!
Happy Monday! Kiko
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