Friday morning 9 September

Our room at Porto Vintage guesthouse

We are at our B&B, Porto Vintage. Our room is quiet and the bed's comfortable. No TV. I've already checked the news on my phone - people stranded in a cablecar on M. Blanc overnight. Sara Storey wins her 12th Olympic cycling medal at the Rio Paralympics.

Our flight from Zurich on Thursday was very full but arrived on time, and our light meal of Greek salad, bread and cheese and fruit crumble was chilled but edible. I wasn't tempted by the Swiss wine - saving myself for some Portuguese. We waited ages for our suitcase and then had to figure out the metro system. We bought an Andante Card for a single journey to the city centre. We eventually arrived at Trinidade, the central stop. It was quite a climb up to our B&B, Porto Vintage, where Sofia was waiting. Our suite is nice but basic.

A delicious passionfruit mousse at Achas

After exploring locally, we found a restaurant for dinner: Achas. We had monkfish with spicy mashed potatoes and risoni, a small pasta with saffron, to share. Delicious fish. We both had desserts - mine was passionfruit mousse. We also had a delicious bottle of white wine, Casa da Senra.

A tiring but successful day.