Quiaios Figueira da Foz
Aldeamento Turistico Torricentro Praia De Quiaios Figueira da Foz, Beiras, Portugal
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Fuga ao planejado
Hoje fugimos do roteiro planejado.
Mas foi uma escolha maravilhosa.
Nós resolvemos ir à Coimbra.
Como não estava nos planos rodamos a cidade toda para encontrar um hotel.
E por fim escolhemos o mais belo!
Fica num morro e tem uma vista linda!
aiai
Estou amando!
Hana
...
Wow - they knew Roman Numerals!
Lazy day, took our time getting moving, then headed off to Canimbriga just South of Coimbra to see the Roman ruins. If you're going there, check out the museum first to get a slightly better idea as to what went on there back then.
Went back ...
Eating snails
... short order- said it might be okay if they
didn't seem to be looking at him beseechingly with their tiny little
antennas poking up. I ate them- didn't want anyone calling me a
sissy! I really should have taken a picture. The poor little things.
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From Tears to Fado
... because it is hard to think of the Moors as invaders after they had lived and controlled the southern Iberian peninsula for over 800 years. At what point does an "invader" become a "resident"?)
Included among the history is the story behind where we stayed. The hotel's name, Quinta das Lagrimas, means "farm of tears". Why the tears? In the 1340's Pedro, the crown prince of Portugal and already married, fell in love with the Galician ...
Travelling to Portugal
Barb's Notes:
It's been a long day, Almost 13 hours after boarding our coach this morning we arrived at tonight's accommodation. Not where originally planned but about 25 klms from Coimbra at the Melia Palacio Da Lousa Boutique Hotel. A majestic old palace, quite extraordinary.
Along the way we had several stops. The first at Avila an old walled city and we walked to the old Convent where St Teresa is ...



