pretty porto

this town...i mean!!!

can you see why i have a major crush on it now?

the são bento train station is so beyond 

gorgeous, with blue tiles everywhere. swoon.

^^ this blue tile church! i stood in front of it

for 20 minutes and took way too many pictures 

because i loved it that much. gorgeous!

scootin' around town thanks to

north road rentals!

^^ see what i'm doing here?

sneaking more pictures of this church in

throughout the post because i can't choose just

one picture! especially against the blue sky -- ahh!

in the afternoon the clouds rolled in,

just how i like it :) the colorful

 buildings still looked so pretty 

against the dark grey sky!

^^ we cruised down the beach on the scooter...

look at that wave on the left. this area

is surfer's heaven, major waves.

time for dinner! the name of this restaurant

literally translates to: "the best chocolate cake

in the world." that is the name of the actual

restaurant! obviously i had to eat here :)

^^ pulling up to dinner right at the door!

^^ here's the famous chocolate cake! the founder 

carlos brás lopez created this recipe on accident

but it became so popular that customers began

to request "the best chocolate cake in the world."

after a while, he renamed his entire restaurant

after it! it is soooo delicious and unlike any chocolate

cake i have ever tasted. it has layers of meringue 

and ganache in between. it is like a big chocolate

macaron in cake form..what could be better?

^^ chase got milk chocolate, 

i got dark chocolate of course.

^^ can you tell we liked it?

^^ we ended the greatest night 

back in our cozy room at guest house duoro,

looking out over the pretty river.

take me back!!!

xo