We are heading back to Lisbon tomorrow so just a few last photos of Coimbra. By the way, there are a few different pronunciations of Coimbra. we hear both coom-bra and qweem’bra and sometimes qm-bra. and often, the m is sort of swallowed. https://photos.app.goo.gl/vDmQqq2uAq2hrTYX7
Day: April 24, 2022
Spoiler – The Museu da Agua isn’t about water
Another saunter through the Botanical gardens this morning. The picturesque way to get to the riverfront where we planned to find the Museu da Agua. Not easy to find this little building, probably originally nothing more than a pump house. It was tucked away in the corner of a park that was closed for renovations. …
Everywhere you look, there’s soccer
We took a walk around the neighborhood and happened upon a soccer game in progress. Maybe a city league or a University league. They looked pretty darned good to my untrained eye. And then we saw a guy get injured. Teammates rushed to help. Help drag him unceremoniously off the field that is. And leave…
Park, ruins, soccer!
No signs of rain today, so a late morning scoot under the Roman aqueduct… …before entering the botanical gardens and ambling down a path through the bamboo forest and out onto the riverfront walk. We stopped at a cafe that had a tables on a deck built off the river bank above the Mondego. I…
Photos: A Taste of Coimbra 2
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