Day 5 Cruising the Douro

We set sail this morning with 75 passengers (boat holds 112 passenger). The Douro River originates in Urbion, Spain and covers ~850km to the mouth in the city of Porto at the Atlantic Ocean. We have to go through 3 navigational locks today and a total of 5 with a full day of sailing. 

Viking ship passing us going West.

Tonight we teamed up with an English couple Steve and Sue and played "Name that tune". Our team name was Emerald City Rollers. Jim and Sue answered all the questions and we were the winners! It is all about the winning but the prize was a bottle of green "verde" wine. We had never heard of green wine before Portugal. This was followed by Karaoke of which Jim had the highest score! He wrestled a prize off of the activities director which is a miniature painted rooster. The Barcelos rooster is considered the unofficial symbol of Portugal. It is said to be the embodiment of the famous Portuguese love for life.