A good shot of the variations in Porto buildings. The large cathedral and city walls at the top, with ramshackle […]

A view across the river to the main cafe area of town

Another shot of the Porto landscape. In the background at the back is the main symbol/landmark of Porto – the

And here you can see the same houses as earlier but looking out across one side of town. Incredibly higgledy-piggledy.

You get a real sense of how houses are cramped together. It's quite strange that such poor housing is so

No, nothing to do with the United States. Rather 1800s sometime when Portugal managed to beat Napoleon's forces in the

A few more of the barges with Eiffel's bridge – one of six crossing Porto in the background.

We're on the south bank here – where the port places are – looking over the river to the cafe