Today was foggy with a constant light rain. Combine that with the fact that we also disliked our hotel room in Peso da Regua, we decided to leave the valley and head to Porto.

_02A1998 This is a view of the Douro River just west of Peso da Regua.

_02A2009 This cemetery was along our route. All the flowers had been placed here on November 1, Day of the Dead.

_02A2012 _02A2014 On these rural roads the locals think that they need not worry about the traffic.

_02A2022 After a couple hours of driving on these twisting narrow roads, we stopped here for a coffee break.

Then we headed toward the motorway and a speedier route to Porto. But just outside the city, we encountered a traffic jam caused by an accident. Once we got into Porto, we had to find our lodgings at Ibis Hotel.

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"Fine Dining" in our hotel room - a bottle of an excellent Douro wine we bought in Pinhao, along with a good pate with Port and a mediocre Brie cheese purchased in the grocery next door, followed with dark chocolate.

Let's see what tomorrow's weather brings.