I was born Porto, Portugal, yes, the land of Port Wine
and of course Douro table wine!I could upload my gorgeous photos of this magnificent city, but let's face it, google it, you will find thousands of them, so, here is the place I lived in for past 30 years, a little village, south of the Rio Douro, part of the city Vila Nova de Gaia.
It's called Praia da Aguda = Beach of Aguda (pointless to directly translate Aguda, but if you are curious google it
) it used to be a small fishing village - and there are still fishermen going out to sea fishing sustainably in their traditional boats - but it has evolved beautifully.I am privileged to live there and I don't take it for granted (now more than ever) I love how we have all we need in walking distance - coffee shop, butcher, grocery shop, magazine stand, baker, restaurants, gymnasium and of course, along the 15km of beach, more bars and more restaurants).
We also have a fire brigade https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Fire-Station/Bombeiros-Volunt%C3%A1rios-da-Aguda-489077884593474/
and we are home for an aquarium https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Nonprofit-Organization/Esta%C3%A7%C3%A3o-Litoral-da-Aguda-219119701500171/
I hope you enjoy these.
Let me know what you think!
If you ever have a chance to visit Portugal, do!! You will not be disappointed north to south, sea to spanish border :-) AND Azores and Madeira islands :-)
