El rotorno del Ibis quatro

Well,today started with a lovely run down the Atlantic coast with some great scenery and spindrift blowing across the road. Hopefully the salt water won't dissolve John the Guidedog's new bike before he gets it back home.
A fairly long drawn out battle with GPS woman meant I switched the damned thing off as the traffic in Porto got to the point of insanity.

Anyway, back to Prue to get her spin on today...Ross has just managed to steal a sip of Morna's beer before she noticed. He hasn't been able to sus out where the caviar is kept at the Ibis yet!
We set off from Baiona heading due south for Oporto trying to stick to the coast and get the wind off the Atlantic and beat the heat of the day. Ross and Morna took a more inland route. No passport control at the border - just noticed a general deterioration in the roads and the state of the houses. Portugal looks more shabby and backward than Spain but the people are very friendly. Went looking for the Portugese equivalent of a parador called a pousada - drove on bone shaking and nether-region-knackering cobble stoned roads and then onto a very narrow dirt track before turning back. Villages look very interesting from the perspective you get when you retrace your steps-always planned of course. John should have listened to my advice, but no! He told me I was right for the wrong reasons!
The basilica at Viana do Castelo was outstanding with stunning views of the port and the coast. Lots of corn, maize, tomatoes growing in the fields and John loved all the Bouganvilia in flower.
Morna and Ross had great fun getting to know the locals in Oporto after their sat nav had misled them and they were caught in a traffic jam in rush hour. In the end a friendly chap led them to the Ibis where we had booked a room each (FLWC). We then had a tour of Oporto by John the Guidedog culminating in a lovely meal alongside the Duoro river looking at the outstanding architecture of the city. We walked back to the Ibis via a funicular taking in the warm airs of this great climate. tomorrow we are on one of the best biking roads in Portugal - wait for the next instalment! If there isn't one you know we've sampled too much Mateus wine and port.