Canada

you can always depend on Calgary weather to do something bizarre in the spring time and this year is no different...leading up to this trip it's so hard to get into the head space for packing...what to bring, how much to bring...well we leave today...3 instructors, 1 chair, 1 marketing specialists, 2 ex-pats and 34 students - sounds like a good time.

first time blogging, so will try to include stuff from the itinerary and compare it to stuff we ACTUALLY do, LOL...even try to upload pictures as well...stay tuned

This is the start of the 2009 wine and culinary tour. By the time we get into Porto over 15 hours has elapsed and we are very bagged. The bus ride from Lisboa to here was close to 4 hours as busses can only go 90 kms. sigh.

Quaint little hotel we are staying in close to the city center and restaurants. \Big day tomorrow with touring. Hotel rooms are VERY small and the a/c is not yet on and the weather has been quite warm...on average about 25 for the past week...it was 29 in Lisbon on the day we arrive.

We walk about the hotel to get a bite to eat and get a feel for the lay of the land. Looks cute. Staying at the Grande Hotel Do Porto