The fog rolled in on little cat feet this morning as we got ready to take the bus from Porto to Figueira da Foz. We got ourselves out of the house about 7am. First, we take the metro to the Campanhã station which houses the Metro, Regional/National Trains as well as a bus station. It's a few stops from our (Bolhão) station which is around 5 minutes or we could have walked it in about 25. It was cold, around 10C/50F and breezy.
The ride was uneventful, with a brief stop in Aveiro. It's mostly highway, so it skips right along pretty quickly. JR sketched while Stacey finished the newest Jonathon Maeberry book.
Figueira da Foz (Foz) is a on the Mondego River which empties into the Atlantic Ocean. There's a lovely street that takes you along the Mondego and their main street, and leads you to the Forte as well as the Atlantic, the praia, shops, etc.
The marina and the street both have opportunities to enjoy some public art.
These trees are super cool! They are Norfolk pines (Araucaria heterophylla)
While we waited for our friends from Alcobaca, recent ex-pats Heather and Katrina, we had a snackie and some coffee on the boardwalk near the clocktower.
And of course, theres a ton of public/street art. This was a beautiful mosaic.
All-in-all the day was lovely, we enjoyed our friends and we all headed back to our respective domiciles full of sun, gelato and good conversation.
6 comments:
Beautiful photos! If you love Lantana, Stacey, you should come visit us in AZ once you return to the states. We have multiple lantanas in various colors. They do very well in our hot, dry climate. Enjoying your posts.
Thanks for the invite. We'll let you know when we get close.
What?! Lantana isn’t an annual? (It is in WI!) mind blown. What a lovely town. I imagine that beautiful beach gets many visitors year round.
That prior post was mine.
It’s an Annual in CO as well. It’s ubiquitous in Texas where I first saw it.
Fun!
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