Oh boy, it's been a few days of unsuccvessfully trying to get internet..I have this site by the minute for 11 more minutes, so this is short and sweet.
It's been a great trip so far, the flight was good- Shelagh may not say the same thing...she thinks as much of air flights as, well, travelling mountain roads in Portugal! What an experience! Beep beep means coming through, stop signs, when there are any mean nothing and close your eyes and pray at every traffic circle- and there are lots!
The scenery is to die for, it's just beautiful. Porto was old and medeaval, the next spot (thats where we're having dinner attached was Shel's favorite so far. Language so far hasn't been an issue. You just bumble through like a silly north american and everyone is happy to help out. We've actually used more french in shops than english.
Going to cut this short, I'll buy more time shortly. (after a 20 minute walk to the free internet zone, we found out that the girl was sick today who runs it.. oh well).