Dear journal, We arrived in Portugal yesterday. The trip was tiring but it felt good to fly thousands feet up in the air. Yesterday was relaxing, we just ate and settled ourselves in the beautiful mansion that will be our home for the next 2 weeks. Today, we woke up early, had breakfast and went directly to the Barcelos High School. It looks amazing, we visited the whole school and then spent the rest of the day in Barcelos sightseeing. |
Dear Journal, Today was a day full of activities at school. We are very tired. In the first half of the day we had some theorethical courses about the hardware parts of the computers and in the second half we actually had the oportunity to assemble the components. After school we had free time that we spent in the Old Town of Barcelos. |
Dear Journal, The third day was very nice. We went on a trip after school to Braga, near Barcelos. On this bus there was also a group of Polish people, we all sang together and had lots of fun. Afterwards, we went to Santuario do Bom Jesus do Monte and then spent a couple of hours in Braga where we ate traditional pastries and visited the town. |
Dear Journal The fifth day was really nice, after school we went to a restaurant where we had cake and refreshing drinks. Then, we all went to Braga, to the mall where we bought clothes and wandered around for a couple of hours. When we arrived home, we threw a surprise party for our friend which just turned 18, we had lots of fun. |
Dear Journal Today was Saturday and we had a lot of fun because it was weekend and we visited many places. We started out in the morning with the city of Valença and it`s fortress. We walked around the city and then crossed the bridge to Tui, a city located in Spain. It was the first time we crossed a border by foot. In Spain we just visited the city and a church. Our next spot was the city of Viana do Castelo, in Portugal where we visited the Viana do Castelo church. The view from there is certified for UNESCO. |
Dear Journal Today was amazing, we woke up bright and early, had breakfast and went straight to Porto. Such a beautiful city with amazing views. Firstly we visited the Ferreira Winery in which we learned a lot about how this specific Porto wine is made and it ended with a tasting. The best wine ever! Afterwards we went on a boat trip on Rio Douro. It was such a nice trip because we had an audio guide which told us all about the bridges and buildings around. We spent the rest of the day visiting the Porto Train Station, the Lello library and many more streets and attractions. |
Dear Journal, Today was a really good day, we visited an IT company for the first time and then we decided to go for a walk in Barcelos. We visited the archeological museum, the pottery museum, the theater and many more streets with historical records. It was such a nice day and the weather was excellent! |