Honeymoon Part 4 - Porto Again

• Came back to Porto again for the last night before we left.
• Stayed at Axis Porto Club Hotel, I was themed/tied to the local football team. Very cool hotel, would stay again
• Hit up the Livraro Lello and got a copy of Le Petit Prince. Inside was pretty cool, very packed. Apparently jk Rolling used to live in Porto and people think the Harry Potter library is modeled off this one, but jk denied it.
• Maura found an amazing restaurant for dinner, maybe the best food and wine we had? It was tapas and everything smacked. The had fois gras ball things that were unbelievable, its the one in the picture. Rio's Tapas, a must eat.
• Sadly trip came to an end and made our long journey on plane, plane, and train to get back home.

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Honeymoon 3 - Monverde

• Spent 3 nights in a hotel/resort/vineyard. Contrary to what we told everyone, it was not in the Duro valley apparently.
• The night we arrived we had dinner with traditional Faro music. The meal with family style with others. Food was very good and it was nice to try other things. The musicians were amazing, a guitarist, a guy playing some old fashion guitar, and a lady you sang. All super talented. The dinner was set up in the vineyard between vines.
• This place was spectacular, Maura knocked it out of the park. The views were stunning and the hotel room was phenomenal. It had a huge deck with pool, lounge chairs, and a table ect. It had an amazing view of the vineyard
• Did a wine tasting on Vinho Verde, which is what they grow. The guide was very interesting and passionate about wine. They also had little bites to go with each wine.
• had a wine with the Loureiro grape, which I think was the one they produce a lot of?
• Touriga Nacional was a very good Rose, did you know most red grapes are white inside and they make rose by just not letting too much skin in it? Also learned Champagne is made from red grapes maybe?
• Had a red wine that was made with a grape that was red inside and outside, that was also tasty
• We had a Picnic that the hotel organized which was very cute
• We got a lot of reading
• Maura got a SPA
• The restaurant had yummers food, I ate a lot of fish