{"id":69,"date":"2019-06-14T01:59:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T06:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/?p=69"},"modified":"2019-06-18T16:55:23","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T21:55:23","slug":"day-of-arrival-from-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/2019\/06\/14\/day-of-arrival-from-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"Day of Arrival from Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After arriving to the airport we were picked up by a bus that took us from Porto to Braga. Along the way I was captured by its beautiful far sights and the signs on the road are also different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/IMG_4883-576x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"118\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/?attachment_id=118\" class=\"wp-image-118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/IMG_4883-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/IMG_4883-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/IMG_4883.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/IMG_4883-576x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"118\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/?attachment_id=118\" class=\"wp-image-118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/IMG_4883-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/IMG_4883-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/IMG_4883.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/IMG_4882-576x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"119\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/?attachment_id=119\" class=\"wp-image-119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/IMG_4882-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/IMG_4882-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/IMG_4882.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We were then invited to go meet the staff that would be working with us at the University of Minho. So we did, and something that caught my attention was the kind of food that the university students get for lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/IMG_4884-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"117\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/?attachment_id=117\" class=\"wp-image-117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/IMG_4884-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/IMG_4884-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/IMG_4884-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/IMG_4884-500x281.png 500w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/IMG_4884.png 1334w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The hotel we&#8217;re staying at is called Mercure Hotel in Braga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/IMG_4885-576x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"116\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/?attachment_id=116\" class=\"wp-image-116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/IMG_4885-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/IMG_4885-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/IMG_4885.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of us later that night went to a theater down the street from the hotel to see a show called Velvet Carpet. At least I didn&#8217;t know what to expect. It was a very interesting show. It had many parts to it with a lot of meaning to everything. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/96f67e5c-3ec7-43ee-9ac5-ea88a02c94fd-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/96f67e5c-3ec7-43ee-9ac5-ea88a02c94fd.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/96f67e5c-3ec7-43ee-9ac5-ea88a02c94fd-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/427df7ed-29b1-4929-978b-24f0c1a098cc-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/427df7ed-29b1-4929-978b-24f0c1a098cc-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/427df7ed-29b1-4929-978b-24f0c1a098cc-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/braga-porto-portugal-summer-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/06\/427df7ed-29b1-4929-978b-24f0c1a098cc-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After arriving to the airport we were picked up by a bus that took us from Porto to Braga. Along the way I was captured by its beautiful far sights and the signs on the road are also different. 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