Douro Valley

 Another day trip from Porto to the Douro Valley, where port wine comes from. The bridges of Régua were stunning.

I loved the scenery, as usual.

And mostly we might have gone to vineyards for tours and port tasting. I learned a LOT about port, and soon forgot most of it, so I'll just share one thing with you that I learned: The vineyards let spiderwebs accumulate on the barrels because the spiders take care of the mosquitoes.

I didn't manage to drink much of these, but they were all tasty.

Oh, and we got to take an hour-long cruise on the river, even!

It's supposedly routinely over 100 degrees F here in the summer, so I'm glad to have visited in the winter and for this spectacular vista.