We came to Porto and fell asleep because we came at 11 o’clock pm. When we woke up we got tickets onto a train car (a car that looks like a train) that also gave us a tour of the Real Companhia Velha, a famous winery, and we also got tickets for a boat cruise to look at the 6 bridges (2 of which are designed by Gustav Eiffel). ...
Archive for: April, 2017
Well, the ride from Cáceres was (pretty) long (it seriously was pretty) and when we came to Lisbon, it was dark and we needed to eat dinner already. We found a restaurant and Evan and I had these macaroni in soup and with shrimp and meat. It was good. The next day we went to the Church of Santa Engrácia. It is also known as the Pa...
Well, we were planning to go to Lisbon, Portugal, from the very start of our journey this year. But, to break up a 6-hour long trip from Madrid, we decided to stop in Cáceres for the night. Cáceres is a medieval town that is close to the border of Spain. Oh, and we discovered that the old town was built entirely from rock. We ev...
Today we went to a place other than Madrid. You already probably guessed it. Wait, what did you just say a second ago? Oh, yes, it’s Toledo! And the way we got there was by a train that went I don’t know how fast. Fine, it went faster than I have ever been in my life on the ground (I think it goes about 120 mph). The trai...
Today we went to Procession, a religious parade that is part of the Easter celebration. The parade is famous because of the floats that are carried by people. The floats are extremely heavy. The people need to take rests now and then and there are a lot of people that are ready to switch with the people who need a rest. There are two...
My mom signed me and my brother Evan up for Spanish school. We walk to the school every morning. I have a very nice teacher named Paula. She taught me things like how to say “My name is so-and-so” (in this case, it’s “My name is Emilian”), and the way to say it in Spanish is “Yo me llamo Emilian...
I haven’t been posting in a while, but now we are on part 2 of our sabbatical tour, so I will get to posting regularly. Guess were we are right now: a. Spain b. Spain c. Spain again (: Answer: That’s right, we are in Spain! Madrid, Spain, to be exact. And MAN is the weather good over here. Since April 5 we have been weari...