Woke up at 7 am and snagged a 5 pm resy on… Resy for Lei | @lei.wine - seeing folks added to the wait list for the evening throughout my time there, I totally lucked out on this one.

The views from around Casa de Chá da Boa Nova | @casachaboanova, before and after lunch.

Lunch at ⭐️⭐️ Casa de Chá da Boa Nova | @casachaboanova.

Lunch at ⭐️⭐️ Casa de Chá da Boa Nova | @casachaboanova.

Lunch at ⭐️⭐️ Casa de Chá da Boa Nova | @casachaboanova.

Lunch at ⭐️⭐️ Casa de Chá da Boa Nova | @casachaboanova.

A wonderful afternoon eating and drinking my way through Pinhão.

Pinhão, as seen on a very hot, sweaty walk.

A tour of Quinta De La Rosa | @quintadelarosa where I learned a lot about the making of all kinds of port wine.

Took a day trip on a bunch of trains to see the Douro - riding the rails for six hours on a hot day in cars without air conditioning made for a long day, but the views made it worth the suffering.

A wonderful couple of Sundays eating and drinking my way through the US Open | @usopen.

Summer doesn’t (un)officially end without a visit to the US Open | @usopen during Labor Day Weekend.

I braved the TM queue and managed to get a ticket for Louis Armstrong Stadium on the newly-added first Sunday at the US Open | @usopen.

A wonderful time eating and drinking my way through NYC between Independence Day Weekend and through Labor Day Weekend.

A wonderful final few days eating and drinking my way through Porto.

A wonderful final few days taking in Porto.

I spent nearly two hours at Torre dos Clérigos | @torredosclerigos so I could watch the sun set. Totally worth the time investment.

A wonderful Monday afternoon walking the Ponte de Dom Luís I from Porto to Villa Nova de Gaia and back. It’s crazy how people just walk along the tram rails until the tram appears and then they all scurry to get out of its way.