Thursday, February 27, 2014

torre dos clérigos


i am always up to climb a medieval tower to 
overlook a city..especially somewhere like porto!
this gorgeous view was worth every single step. there's
something so exhilarating about standing on top of an old
landmark and looking out over an entire city..it's one of my
favorite feelings. this torre dos clérigos reminded me a lot of
climbing the belfry in bruges, belgium. both are must-do's!





^^ cute climber

 
every few steps we had to stop to take
in the views. those europeans sure knew how to 
make their cities charming! the hills of porto 
spotted with orange roofs leading down to
 the river duoro makes quite a sight. 
 
after all those steps, we obviously needed
chocolate! we stopped at arcadia chocolate to
do a fun feature on portugal's best chocolate.
think of it like the ghirardelli of portugal :)
we heard all about how chocolate is made..
{how had i never considered where white chocolate comes from?} 
and saw their factory where they make all of the
chocolate. then we ate lots + lots of chocolate.





^^ hot chocolate so thick we had to eat it with 
a spoon....AKA, how all hot chocolate should be.

^^ they spin the hot chocolate right on the counter,
and they have so many different flavors. one of my 
pipe dreams is to open a hot chocolate shop with 
all different flavors one day, so obviously 
i was loving this. we tried caramel, dark chocolate, 
and hazelnut hot chocolate. mmmmMMM!

 
^^ presents for loved ones at home! 
these two were so great! i love anyone
who teaches me about chocolate and
also gives me lots of it :) thanks arcadia!
afterwards we stopped at the famous lello
bookstore..one of my favorite places we
visited this trip. fun fact: j.k. rowling actually
lived in porto, and this bookstore inspired
"flourish and blotts" in harry potter. you step
inside and you can see why! it's absolutely 
incredible in there. you have to see it!
quick stop to fix his ponytail {hehe}
he has never had long hair and wanted
to see if he could get it in a pony by this trip...
after all, it is europe so he fit right in!
we were a little bit backwards and had a 
late night dinner after all that chocolate.
we had to visit the famous majestic café,
prettiest place i have ever been to!
we had a midnight meal in this dreamy place
and tried the famous franceshina portugese
sandwich. lots of meat, cheese, and amazing sauce!
it's originally from porto, so we loved trying it there!
 
^^ yummy sandwich, + i spy husband's 
gold wedding ring. i still love seeing that!
 
^^ prettttty tired, but prettttty happy!
^^ on the way home chase looked over and said, 
"it's the leaning tower of porto!" it could have been
that it was almost 1:00 AM or that we were still
jet lagged, but we cried laughing and had to take a
picture. we thought we were hilarious, such NERDS.
we ended the night with a little walk down by the 
duoro river with the best conversation. i never 
wanted this night to end but we were sooo tired that
we finally went in and fell straight on our pillows.
back to our hostel for more steps up to our room!
xo

11 comments:

  1. You both are the cutest couple ever!! I'm dying over your pictures and the food and the white chocolate!! YES PLEASE!!!

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  2. hot choc. so thick you need a spoon! Sounds like hot fudge and I could easily slurp a cup of that :) Glad you had such a good trip!

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    1. haha proof we are kindreds, chocolate can't be too rich or too thick in my book!

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  3. The rooftops of Porto are so amazing. And Chase looks so European! Another amazing trip in the books for you two!

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    1. haha he will love this comment, that is what he was going for! sadly it is getting cut right after this haha :(

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  4. Oh my gosh that chocolate! Amazing! Chase really does look European!

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  5. Look so amazing! All those treats and chocolate look way too delicious!!

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  6. Your trip looks AMAZING!!! Have a blast!

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  7. What a lovely place to visit. The chocolate, hot and cold, looks delicious. x

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  8. I want to visit the bookstore that inspired JK Rowling! Looks like you two had a wonderful time!

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  9. What a gorgeous view!!! You always have the best adventures with your husband. :)
    Also, I'm practically drooling over all of that chocolate.

    xoxo

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