Downtown Coimbra

Feliz Natal (Merry Christmas) from Coimbra!

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December 11th 2006
Here’s a few photos of the Christmas decorations that they just put up downtown. Also, Lindsay just found an article about Coimbra that just came out a few days ago in a British newspaper . There’s a lot of good info about Coimbra and the author even mentions the new bridge and the steep stairs in our neighborhood. http://travel.independent.co.uk/europe/article2056538.ece - Jason ... read more

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more