I was not well last night. I had a fever and alternated between being too hot and too cold, and hardly slept. Luckily I felt a bit better by the time we left the hotel and was OK to walk around.
Still had a few things to see so checked the map and headed off. Found the cathedral, and a few more churches – this God bloke is popular.
Porto is quite small, but very hilly, and the map doesn`t show that, so what we thought was a gentle stroll turned out to be pretty strenuous, especially the way I was feeling. After walking around for the last couple of days, we discovered that if we had turned right instead of going straight from the bus station when we arrived, we`d have got to the hotel in about 10 minutes, instead of the 40 minutes and 2 trains it originally took.
Song had a ham roll for lunch, I didn`t feel like eating. All I had for the day was a packet of peanuts on the plane. Picked up the bags from the hotel, then got the metro to the airport – a ticket from the city centre to the airport was 1.8 Euro each, about $2.20.
Waiting at the gate to board, there were only 20 or so other people. I thought the plane would be empty. I wasn´t to know the plane was a bit small – an Embraer ERJ 145.
The flight was only an hour, so not too big a deal. Got to the hotel only to find the wi-fi wasn`t working so I had to use the lobby PC with a Spanish keyboard, making typing this a bit of a chore.
We`re staying in Madrid for 5 nights, and we´ve decided to take a day trip to Salamanca tomorrow. Don`t know what`s there yet, we`ll find out tomorrow.