We have been exploring for a few days now I can say my muscles are starting to protest! this old body is not used to moving quite so much, I basically went from not moving at home to 15,ooo steps a day. The streets are built like switch backs and from our apartment to the Douro river there's about 6 steep inclines. Here are a few street views to the river and some other streets further up from our apartment just to give you an idea.
The cobble stone and tile on the roads and side walks are uneven and can be tough to walk on. also there are no curbs to tell you side walk from road. I suppose they do this so that cars can drive and park anywhere because the streets are so narrow but for someone who doesn't know this it could be deadly! It didn't take me long to learn to be aware because the cars are driving fast and expect you to get out of the way!
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