Proclamation Day in Portugal
October 5
Portugal Celebrates Proclamation of Republic as a public holiday.
100 Years
Republic 1910-2010
Celebrate Centennial Celebrations!
On October 5,1910 a revolution ended 771 years of monarchy in Portugal when King Manuel II was deposed and the First Republic was established.
This year, the public holiday has a special signification
I decided to visit Coimbra, a famous city near Porto on this beautiful day.
Me and Malina, Emilia, Ruth, Sarah, Karolina and Francesca left Porto in the morning. We wanted to visit the The University of Coimbra, one of the most known pace in this city and of course other monuments near.
The University was very beautiful.
I visited the six museums but The Joanina Library was the most impressing from my point of view.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_Joanina
After we visited the University we went to see the city center.
There were a lot of people who were celebrating the day. A theater play already started when i arrived there. I bought a bowl with rise and milk from a seller.
After we left the city center we went to see the bridges.
After that we went to the train station. It was late and we wanted to catch the 8 `o clock train.
I enjoyed the trip. Hope to return and visit other paces in this city.
What did you learn about this event?
ReplyDeleteWhat is opinion about people from Porto? Do you already have an opinion?
I found out the signification of the day and i saw how people celebrate it.
ReplyDeleteI believe the people from Porto are friendly and do what they can to help you when you ask for something.
My landlords are Portuguese and don`t know English. But we do understand each other,as Romanian is also a Latin language.
I don t know many Portuguese people but i hope to make more friend soon.