As fast as days go... it was our last day. It was also the first morning we didn't get up early and even missed breakfast #oops. We felt very relaxed and went to the super market to get some food. Our legs were tired because of all the dancing but still we managed to walk to the city to catch a bus to the beach. It looked like we stopped at a whole other country. There were palmtrees, good roads, nice houses... it was so diverse then the Porto we used to be in. At the beach we worked on our tans, both red and brown. Around 6 we took place at a beach bar to, once again, drink sangria. I think I haven't been a moment fully sober in those 4 days, just alcohol running through my veins. Anyways, after our last sangria we made our way back to the hostel to go to a bar for one last time and to get our stuff packed. We decided to contact our Brazilian friends to join us at the sports bar to play pool and darts. We had a great time together and said our goodbye's. It were only 4 days but we met so many people and saw so much of the city... I'd almost say it felt like more.
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We once again decided to walk to the bridge, but now to cross it.. yes we were that stupid to walk all the way to the bridge and not pass it the day before. Shut up. Let's say it's good for our health. When we did we had to find a way to get down to the water, where the old ships carrying port (comparable with sweet red wine) would trade their goods. We decided to buy some bread and ham for on the bread, we found a tiny shop owned by really scary people, well they weren't that scary but just... weird. We bought some bananas too, which was a fantastic choice because the ham was really wet and the bread really dry. We sort of enjoyed our meal at the water and after that we went all the way back to the hostel. In the same street as our hostel we ate an awesome steak, recommended by Pedro. I don't like steak that often but this one, yep... foodporn! In the evening we decided to join a pubcrawl. To be honest, at first I really didn't feel like going because I had a headache but after all I'm so glad I did! We gathered at the fountain and went to the same bar we were on the first day to start off our night journey by drinking on the street and getting to know each other. There was one other dutch girl but we lost her soon after. We also met two Brazilian girls, who didn't vanish after 10 minutes and they became our friends of the night. After some socializing on the streets we went to some bars, at each bar we took one drink which doesn't sound that bad... but I have to say... you have to drink a hella fast. We saw some of the people we met the days before and talked to them shortly. The pubcrawl took us to a sports bar, which we liked a lot and decided to come back to because you could play darts and pool. We ended in a very fancy club where we felt very, very uncomfortable. We were wearing normal clothes, just some jeans and a cheesy top but all the people in the club where wearing cocktail dresses and tons of make-up. Think about Gordie Shore but then a little bit more fancy. We decided not to stay there and we walked with the Brazilian girls back to their hostel. We exchanged Facebook accounts so we could contact each other so we could make plans together for the next day. We had to walk up the street to our own hostel which felt like climbing the Mount Everest, but we did it! Fleur and I didn't feel like sleeping so we played UNO in the 'living room' of our hostel. We also played a very strange game where sardines wear clothing and you have to remember which sardine you got and which is shown in a group.... yes it was just a very weird game. I tried to sleep with some classic music playing on full, didn't work that good so I once again slept like 3h. We got up quite early to do a city walk. We walked all the way to Porto's famous bridge by ourselves, and there we ate pizza #yay. We visited souvenir shops, a whole lot of them...so so many. Whilst walking we passed tiny roads and it caused differente emotions among us. There is a lot of poverty and it reflects on the streets. It is hard to imagine that our daily lives is so different from theirs. We are used to all the luxury whilst it looks like they live in a whole other century. We just spent the day walking around the city and making photographs. In the evening we went back to the area close by our hostel to eat tapas, which was really nice too. The food is sooo good! We searched for a nice bar to have some cocktails and eventually we found one called 'The Wall'. We had their home 'made-up' cocktail which wasn't my taste actually. We met a lot of people from all over the world. We danced with a france Footballteam, which was really fun because they were 10 times our sizes. When I think about it, it felt like we were dancing with our dads which is a very uncomfortable thought... let's forget that. Around 1.30 we went back to our rooms, but there were two man snoring so loudly that I could not sleep #fml. I got so irritated that I moved down in the 'living room' where Pedro was working his shift. He let met sleep on the beanbags, which where surprisingly very comfortable. At least I got 3h of sleep. My friends (Lotte and Fleur) and I booked a trip at srprs.me because we graduated, which should absolutely be celebrated. We didn't know where we were going until we arrived at the airport. Our card told us that we were going to Porto! We were very excited and 2,5h later we sat on the airplane, waiting for a new adventure. After arriving at the airport in Portugal, finding the right metro and cards were not that easy, but luckily we had each other... and totally screwed up haha. We bought a ticket with 2 passes on it, we thought it could be used for 2 persons, but no... that is not how it works. Well you learn some, right? Anyway, we got to the hostel, being very illegal riding the metro on 1 card less... #badass We knocked on the door and when a hipster guy opened the door we asked ourselves where the heck should be staying. Whilst we were walking up the stairs we started to like it more and more. It was a typical residence for teens/backpackers. We slept with 9 others on a room, which I didn't mind at first... but they snored... loudly. After checking in and receiving some information, we went out for to search for food. We discovered a nice place with little baguettes and really good wine. After enjoying our meal we walked towards the park, where a fire show was taking place. It was really cool to see, but also a bit scary because there where no precautions taken in cause of an outbreak. We settled at a nice little bar called Porto 'o Lado and we tasted our first sangria of the trip, which tasted really good! About an hour later we met Fransisco, a Portugese boy who told us about himself and invited us to a birthday of a friend of his, which was taking place above the bar. We joined him and laughed about their enthusiasm. They gave us cake and told us to sing a long. We did and spent the night guided by Fransisco. It's tradition prior to a night out to drink on the streets and get to know each other. So we did, we had our drinks on the street whilst meeting people and talking about our countries or our hobbies. We didn't join them to go clubbing because we were really tired of our flight and we returned to our beds. But, that was a hella of a good first day! |
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