I’m really behind on this blog. So this post will be mostly pictures – so I can catch up – of this amazing place went to outside of Coimbra. Conímbriga is a one of the largest Roman settlements excavated in Portugal, only about 15 minutes outside of Coimbra city center. The floors of some of Continue reading

Saturday we thought we had tickets to see the Joanina Library so we climbed up the hill to the University. We were on time, but didn’t go to the right meeting point because it turned out that we actually had tickets to a much more extensive guided tour of all the original palace buildings. While Continue reading

Maura and I had such a fun, event filled weekend that I am WAY BEHIND ON THIS BLOG. I need to do some catching up, so I will take it day by day. Last Thursday, Maura got to the apartment about 2:30pm, just when I was starting work. She was incredibly jetlagged, and I had Continue reading