A Misty day in Coimbra

We took a train from Porto to Coimbra today, unfortunately it was heavy rain in Porto and shortly after we got to our accommodation here in Coimbra it started again. We got a quick look around the area tonight and are all ready for a great (sunny) day tomorrow.
Every morning and evening that we have been in Portugal we have heard owls hooting quite loudly, it is so cool, and people have statues of them on their balconies, clearly well loved.
Coimbra is home of the oldest University in Portugal, from which JK. Rowling got her inspiration for Harry Potter, as she lived in Portugal for a couple of years. We saw quite a few people in Porto yesterday evening in long black robes, as they have a similar, but not so old, tradition there.
The supermarket fish counters here are epic, so many fresh shiny fish, also a lot of frozen. We bought some Lula (squid) for dinner and it was tender and sweet.
Some photos of lunch yesterday overlooking the Duoro River.Leggi altro