TxTeach79's Pride LIVE 5/28: Post Drydock European Adventure!

[TxTeach79]

On the way back! Some Renault wagon

 

[Essiesmom]

18 hours ago, SDPadreFan said:

Agree - we've been on Spirit twice, Miracle last June for a 10 day Alaska, and we will be on Pride in July for a 12 day Baltic. Also did a 10 day Med on Brilliance of the Seas. Perfect sized ships.

Celebrity M class and HAL vista class as well as Cunard QE and QV fit into that size group, too.  EM

[kwokpot]

12 minutes ago, TxTeach79 said:

Final stop for dessert and espresso 

 

 

 

We stopped for coffee and pastries at another place around the comer from your cafe. For those following your trip report, another pastry shop and cafe is Confeitaria do Bolhao, purported to be the oldest pastry shop/cafe in Porto. It was amazing!

https://goo.gl/maps/nUjjEGD2fvTz76Sb8

Edited June 1, 2023 by kwokpot

[HelloItsMeB]

24 minutes ago, atticusthegreat said:

@HelloItsMeB I love your nails. 

Thanks so much! I do the dip powder, and I’ve recently become a big fan of the chrome colors. 

[TxTeach79]

No bus to mess with on the way back. An Uber can take you right to the ship. Just show your cruise card at the gate. 
 

 

 

 

 

[TxTeach79]

 

 

[TxTeach79]

And that brings us to here! Killing a bottle of red from Colares in serenity while I catch up on this review and B gets some real world work done (boo)… Porto definitely has our hearts. Amazing place and people. 
 

 

[kwokpot]

1 minute ago, TxTeach79 said:

No bus to mess with on the way back. An Uber can take you right to the ship. Just show your cruise card at the gate. 
 

 

 

 

 

I think the issue is no space for a taxi queue right at the Cruise terminal so no pickups but drop-offs are permitted because the cab is basically coming in, dropping off then leaving immediately.  

[Stallion]

3 hours ago, dallasdan said:

@TxTeach79 I coached youth baseball for 17 years and I was surprised how many 8 to 14 year old's wanted to be # 69 every year.  I didn't allow # 69 or #1.  You should get an award for teaching middle school.  

The new cool number is 0 which the NCAA now allows

[TxTeach79]

Vigo tomorrow! We move forward an hour, 7am arrival in port 

[TxTeach79]

Just now, Stallion said:

The new cool number is 0 which the NCAA now allows

my man, you’re talking to a kid who wore 0 in tee ball, machine pitch, and pony league up til high school cause I was a huge Oddibe McDowell fan 

 

 

[TxTeach79]

Tomorrow’s plan. Chef’s Table after. Wooooo

 

[TxTeach79]

Pushing away from Leixoes 

 

 

[nybumpkin]

Thank you for that great tour of Porto! DH and I are doing a sailing on the Douro River next summer and will be starting in Porto. I need to see the bookstore....

[kwokpot]

Just now, nybumpkin said:

I need to see the bookstore.

Buy tickets online.

[CLE2CRUISE]

WOW!I feel like I got to enjoy the food tour with you!  The market was beautiful and the sardines were presented so appealingly!  Good for B trying them 😄  And her reward - Port!

 

Thank you for sharing with us 🙂

 

 

[ninjacat123]

53 minutes ago, TxTeach79 said:

And shots of some infamous Portuguese liquor called “bagaco” or something close 

 

I like the blue pour line on the three glasses!

[TxTeach79]

Grabbed a Buffalo Trace and diet at Raphael’s (I know!), talked to a couple sweet ladies and a great bartender and now we’re walkin 

 

 

 

[TxTeach79]

23 minutes ago, CLE2CRUISE said:

WOW!I feel like I got to enjoy the food tour with you!  The market was beautiful and the sardines were presented so appealingly!  Good for B trying them 😄  And her reward - Port!

 

Thank you for sharing with us 🙂

 

 

thanks! It was an unforgettable day

[kwokpot]

3 minutes ago, ninjacat123 said:

I like the blue pour line on the three glasses!

Germany used to be famous for pour lines. It was the law that all public restaurants and bars must have glassware of all types with lines indicating where the amount of the beverage, whatever it is should be. 

[TxTeach79]

28 minutes ago, kwokpot said:

Buy tickets online.

this. The lines were huge. Buying online was a gift 

[TxTeach79]

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[TxTeach79]

B is chilling in the room again tonight. We lose an hour and Vigo comes early, 8:15 in the Taj, which is like 7:15 with the time change. 

[TxTeach79]

Came back to make a drink in the room. B has left to get a bonsai. SHIPS IN THE NIGHT