Yeh, well that's always the way with these brief port stops, right? But sometimes just wandering around for a few hours gives me a better feel for a place than hitting a bunch of the tourist "highlights". I swear my half hour wandering in Odessa told me more about the place than the tour I took that day.

I fully intend to visit Portugal on its own some day (I have lived in Portugese neighbourhoods for 25 years, and have developed an affection for the culture.) Thought wandering around some nice picturesque part of town might be the ticket, wondering about proximity to the port.