37 Days Across Europe · Days 19–21 · Porto, Portugal After Rome and Paris, cities that spend considerable energy being exactly what they've promised to be, Porto came as something of a relief. Nobody here is performing. The streets are steep, the azulejos are chipping, the signs advertise barbershops and cheap lottery tickets. And somewhere in among all of that unrehearsed, slightly crumbling everydayness, Porto turns out to be one of the most immediately loveable cities