.2023 European adventure 8 September.

Travel day but with a difference - had a ride on the Alpha Pendular, Podtugal's tilt train from Lisbon to Porto. Breakfast at the great little Simpli cafe near our hotel and then a Tesla taxi ride to the Oriente railway station to catch the above mentioned train . Arrived on time and we were soon travelling mostly between 170 and 205kmph enroute to Porto. Very comfortable train but actually not as smooth or as quiet as our tilt train. Arrived in Porto on time, got a cab to the hotel and took a walk, downtown. We are already in love with Porto, only problem is that so are about half a million other tourists. The place is packed.Absolutely beautiful streetscape and winding streets with gorgeous buildings. Had a great dinner trad Portugese but used googlemaps to try to get home but it completely lost us so back to the good old paper tourist map and we made it home! Briefing for the bike ride tomorrow and then pretty free day so should be quite relaxing.