Summer is over; I am back

I just had a great summer. You can see in the previous post from June 9th where I spent some of the summer. I also spent one month in Spain and Portugal. It was absolute heaven. My wife and I were in northern Spain for one week, then we met up with another couple and spent 3 weeks traveling down Portugal and into Andalucia. Did I mention that it was absolute heaven? Here is a picture from northern Portugal a city called Viana do Castello.

This is a passing freight train. There was also a passenger train sitting at the station waiting to begin its run to Porto. We didn't take any trains on this trip. But we walked right next to some. There is a bridge over the Duro River in Porto. It was built by the same man who built the Eiffel tower. Trains travel over the bridge as they enter and leave Porto. BUT... people can walk on the same bridge. Here is proof...

Because we didn't ride a train, my favourite part of the vacation was finding a delicacy of deep-fried pork belly with the skin on. It was heaven!! I write all of this just to let you know that I am back and ready to set a few more postcards into the netherworld of the internet. I hope you enjoy seeing them and reading about them.