Coimbra

Next stop was another little town called Coimbra.  The main thing to do here was to go to the university, which was started in 1290, and has been at this site since 1537!


We took this elevator up to the upper part of the city.  It cost a euro to get up there.

View of the city

Walking up to the university, we noticed that some of the streets were named after academic subjects.  This one is for my math major BIL.

The iron gates into the University

Inside the gates

there was a graduation going on.  We could spy on them from the upstairs balcony.

this is a room with portraits of all of the past presidents.  It's hard to see them.  

this is the chapel at the university

Two students in their uniforms walking across campus.  Probably talking about something important.  They look like they are out of Harry Potter, right?

More students, hanging around, looking at their phones in their traditional uniforms, just like college students do!

After exploring the university, we went back downtown.  Here are some views of the city.  It was rainy most of the day. 

Here's Kathy in front of a cute, skinny building.

more to come...