This is part of the third section of our around the world trip.
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Coming from  Spain or read our previous visit to Portugal
 

28/2/98 Back across the border into Portugal, again no formalities, and along the Douro Valley. This is where most of the port grapes are grown on terraced hillsides in slate soils. It's also where most people who live in Porto, (Portuguese for port) Portugal's second largest city, come for the weekend. We passed over 100 bus loads of port sipping, vineyard visiting tourists. We also passed hundreds more port sipping tourists in motorcars. Portugal has the worst record for vehicle accidents in the EU  and I am sure this winding valley road claims many on weekends after seeing the extra curves the fortified drivers put into the roads.

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