Wednesday 4 March 2015

Coimbra

An early saunter to Figuero dos Vinhos, 6km along a quiet road, to catch the 9.15 bus to Coimbra . . . which is packed . . .

The city is small and manageable, with the river on one side and the old town, with ancient university and cathedral on the hill . . . lots of traffic free streets to wander in the warm sunshine . . . and very hot shower at the youth hostel . . . which is nice . . .

In the cathedral cloister, a warm encounter with a young Portuguese man, Diogo, a graduate in nutrition, now interested in other matters, notably scientific explanations of spiritual questions (he may like to correct me or develop this in a comment, since he has the blog address).

A few hours wandering in the morning, then back to the countryside on the bus, ready for my three week stint with the animals and local humans too . . . looking forward to it . . .

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