We were here in May on Braemar and took a tour on the river ( see previous blog)
So this time we just took the shuttle bus into town, which took about 30 minutes as the traffic was very busy. We had only been in town about ten minutes, when we bumped into Pat and Michael from our table. Pat had decided she wanted to take a tram ride,so we tagged along for the ride ( see what I did there)
The trams had been imported from Pittsburgh USA and were of a vintage variety.
It's was only €2.50 so excellent value and great fun. We alighted at the South end of town close to the river, and we could see the bridge that has several levels through the buildings. So we found some steps and started to decend. The steps twisted and turned downwards and were very steep. It must have taken us what seemed ages to decend to the bottom after about 250 steps.
But made it we did, after a short walk along the river bank we found a delightful cafe with tables out side, so we sat in the sun for a coffee. This then increased to include a glass of Port ( well it had to be done) We then moved on to include some Tapas like nibbles,which included Octopus, some thing I had not tried before, but can now tick that off my list.
We then found a less arduous route back up into town.
It had been one of our best times ashore this trip, so thanks to Pat and Michael for their company
This afternoon sees us on the aft deck again. It's warm with patchy cloud, in fact I have to stop writing the blog when the sun comes out as I can't see the screen on my iPad.
So we have three days left, which will be a sea day, somewhere in France, another sea day, then back to Tilbury
So until next time, bye
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