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A Study of Coimbra University

A Study of Coimbra University

Coimbra University Highlights The Oldies are gasping at the grandeur of the medieval centre of Coimbra. They are also gasping after climbing up the hill to get there. This is one steep city! Ancient history is just oozing out of the stonework wherever you go. The narrow streets were clearly not designed with modern traffic in mind. It is hard to believe that cars actually drive up this road! I am gasping at the fact that this relatively small city…

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Figueiring out the way to Coimbra

Figueiring out the way to Coimbra

Figueira da Foz and Portugal in Miniature, Coimbra, Portugal Great, the Oldies have hired a car again. Wonder where we’ll end up this time! Par for the course, Her Ladyship’s navigating turns into nag-ivating, we end up on the wrong motorway (once again), but by pure fluke it is more or less going in the direction they had planned to go anyway – northwards. 200 km on, we arrive in Figueira da Foz, a small city on the mouth of…

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