Our Portuguese Adventure - Day 1

We had an early start this morning waking up to our alarm at 3:45am! We got a taxi to the airport and things were surprisingly smooth. We were first to check in because we had Henry, had a dedicated family queue at security and the same at passport control in Lisbon. Henry was a total star on the flight, slept for an hour and then sat and played, watched the iPad and ate breakfast too.

When we arrived we picked up our car and drove the hour or so up the road to Sao Martinho do Porto, a small town north of Lisbon. We had a minor incident at the tolls when we had to pay a €23 fine for using the wrong lane (?!?!) but it's not worth worrying about.

We arrived and had lunch at a lovely tapas restaurant and then headed to our lovely little apartment which is home for the next two weeks. We were all absolutely shattered so didn't even unpack before having an amazing couple of hours in bed.

When we woke up we drove up the road to the supermarket and stocked up - naturally we had to buy carrots for Henry to carry, we may be in Portugal but some things never change! 

After showers and getting dressed we headed out to dinner and for a little explore. The town was buzzing, totally full of people, mainly Portugese too which is always a good sign! We chose a jam packed restaurant and it didn't disappoint. Henry filled himself up on bread and olives (as he did at lunch) but still left some room for tomatoey spaghetti and a huge raspberry sorbet on the way home. I've never been as proud of him as I have been today. It's been a long day and he's been an absolute angel throughout. Let's hope he sleeps well to top it off, we are in a one bed apartment so it could be an interesting night!!