But after the beautiful bookstore and before the church, we stopped for a Delta cappuccino.
The Igreja do Carmo or Church of the Venerable Third Order of Nossa Senhora do Carmo was built on land adjacent to the Church of the Carmelites. At the time, two churches were not allowed to share a wall, so the Casa Escondida do Porto was built between the two. This hidden house is just over 1.5 meters wide. You really wouldn’t know unless someone pointed it out.
What time did you have your cappuccino? At least in Italy one is not supposed to order a cappuccino after 11:00am. After 11:00 one is supposed to order espresso. Don’t know the “rules” in Spain and Portugal… and Americans typically don’t follow rules anyway, if they can avoid them.
If there are rules, then i haven’t observed many followers. I see many non-espresso coffee drinks being consumed at all times of day. And interestingly, have heard very few American voices. I hear mostly Portuguese, German, British, and French. Some Japanese.
I’m confused about the hidden house. The photos labeled “Hidden house” seem more than 1.5m wide. And why couldn’t churches share a wall? And why can they now?
The Delta coffee branding seems very low key. I didn’t see anything on the cafe front. There might have been something on the sugar packet, the resolution was not high enough to tell. I guess it must be the triangles.
The hidden house was pretty skinny although on the inside it seemed a bit wider that what it looks on the outside. And all good questions about churches not sharing walls. I may have to get back to you on that!