2019 – Porto – Travel Day & Day 1
After being back in the UK a whole 10 days it was time to pack our bags and head off
After being back in the UK a whole 10 days it was time to pack our bags and head off

Time to go home. We have been away three weeks and the time felt right to go home. After getting

Unforgettable that’s what this trip has been. We almost had a relaxing start to the day planning to not leave

Viva Las Vegas. I had intended to get up and watch the Norwich match which kicked off at 4.30am. However

Another glorious morning and another early start. This was of our first and last Holiday Inn Breakfast of the trip

Our last day visiting the National Parks had arrived. Today we were visiting Sequoia National Park and it was somewhere

This morning I woke up feeling as if my throat was closing on me and I kind of ached all

Today was moving on day again but we intended to make the most of it by filling it with as

‘If you call me Señorita’ was the song I had in my head as I woke. Hardly surprising as we

Today was an early start as we had read on the National Parks website that on the weekends the car

Another day another dollar. Actually make that two dollars as the exchange rate is rubbish and getting worse by the

We had a lazy start to the morning, although as breakfast chef I was on top form with porridge beautifully

A new day and a full day for Lake Tahoe to impress. Neither of us slept too well. The room

Breakfast this morning was in a small room opposite reception meaning a lovely walk in the sunshine with the temperatures

Today the Hotel promised a deluxe breakfast. Turned out to be scrambled eggs again, this time accompanied by ‘Sausage’. I’m

Another Hotel another breakfast, and more Scrambled egg. It was OK but a bit dry. No cinnamon free porridge though.

Breakfast today was advertised as ‘Continental’ style which I correctly took to mean no hot food. In fact it actually

This mornings breakfast was courtesy of the microwave in our almost finished room. Today I think the chef did well

Breakfast today was fair to middling, although the scrambled eggs were hot and fresh. We were soon back in our

After our not all positive first impressions we were ready to give Portland the benefit of the doubt this morning.

Our first moving day. We were not in a rush, so in a leisurely manner we went down to breakfast.

I must have been tired because despite waking up a couple of times for the toilet I slept through till
The alarm went off at 4am. We both jumped out of bed and quietly went about getting ready trying not
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