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A beautiful river cruise

I absolutely loved Porto. We did so many fun things there, one of which was going on a gorgeous river cruise on the Douro River. I was kind of expecting it to have lots of people on it and it being a big boat, but it was a little boat with just us, the captain, and a friendly tour guide. He was super nice and we talked with him for the whole time. We got to have some drinks and snacks and we cruised under the six big bridges in Porto–one of them had kids jumping off of it!! The cruise was a couple hours long and I loved it! Afterwards, we decided to try out one of the guide’s recommendations called The Ribs. It was delicious! It was the best meal we had in Porto and maybe even in the top 20 best meals of the trip. Portugal is also one of my favorite countries that we’ve visited!

boarding our boat for our river cruise
inside the boat with our tasty meat and cheese plate
on the boat with Luis I Bridge in the background
boy getting ready to jump into the river…our guide explained that jumping off this bridge is a really common activity for the local kids and they all know the right place to jump so it is safe
one of the bridges we cruised under, the Ponte de D. Maria Pia, which was designed by the same architect who thought up the Eiffel Tower (Gustave Eiffel)

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