Portugal-surfing waves and couches

So we "biked" to our last stop, Porto in Portugal!

And everyday we went to "our" beach, Matosinhos.

(pronounced Matozeenyosh!! Weird....)

And we went to surf school!

Onda Pura for real surfers muthafukkas.

Waiting for waves. 

(Note the flattering super-white waterproof sunscreen. Like the pros.)

Happy surfers!!!! Iiiiiih! SURF! <3

(Those wetsuits though, seriously - putting them on is no joke. Half the anguish and calories burnt in surfing are due to wetsuits.)

Excited to get up early for surfing.

Wihoo surfing IRL, aka out of surfschool! Note the clouds. Isadora thought she could skip sunblock. She thought wrong.

But mostly we just waited for waves.

Cause as usual, out timing was off and there was like no waves. And no sun.

But we persevered, we kept coming back to Matosinhos.

We'd buy some snacks.

And be horrified at the amount of plastic bags used by portuguese supermarkets!!!

To distract ourselves we went sightseeing.

And stayed at many different places.

Words of wisdom from one hostel.

Yes, this is for real. The hostess at this hostel even timed how long we used the stove.

We didn't stay long.

But then we got in touch with some awesome couchsurfers! Hehe yeah and their kitchen was like something from Lemony Snickets a Series Of Unforunate Events. Come to think of it, that could be an undertitle to our trip...

Our host and roomie had different takes on health.

Our friend Joao tried to explain to us why there were no waves, it didn't manage to cheer us up.

So he took us to his concert instead.

And made us dance folkdance. It was absolutely terrifying as everyone else knew the steps!

Surfpals and surflove.

The waves did come back!!! Surf back on track!

But by then we had to leave. This was all our luggage for two and a half weeks by the way, if you were thinking "hmm, looks like they're wearing the same clothes ALL the time!", it's cause we were.

(Note the hamster bag from Holland)

ADIYOSHHH PORTO WE WILL MISS YOU!!!!

We'll be back.