Goodbye Aveiro During our last weekend in Aveiro we visited the Sé Cathedral, the Museum of Aveiro (which is housed in a 15th Century convent) + the Art Nouveau museum (including the suggested walk in order to view the 28 magnificent buildings in this style) - so lots of culture and plenty of exercise! We did, of course, feel justified to start off with our Saturday morning pastry selection :) Staying in the old town of Aveiro has made it possible to cultivat...

Porto and a weekend in Aveiro We "kicked off" the weekend by taking the trip that we'd been promising ourselves - a ride along the canals in one of the traditional Moliceiros boats. Aveiro canals criss-cross the centre of town, radiating out from the Praça Humberto Delgado, in the very heart of the city. The Moliceiros are long and narrow, with a stylish bow and stern - decorated with humour, they depict everyday (and sometimes"naughty") situations......a cou...

A second look at Coimbra + Costa Nova Returning to Coimbra after our first time there was a "no-brainer" - this is a city that has a special feel to it - and is worth (at least) a second visit......especially if, like us, you enjoy wandering old, narrow streets where there is always something "new" to see. We followed the same routine as last week - straight from Coimbra station, along the river front to a café where, once again, we ate a breakfast of deliciou...

Coimbra We decided that our first out-of-town excursion from Aveiro should be to Coimbra....so early one morning we were on our way to the train station - which we've discovered is only an easy 15 minutes walk away. Although the beautiful "old station" is still standing - a more modern one is now used - hopefully at some point, the old one will be refurbished. Trevor received his reduced priced seniors ticket, but unfortunately, having forgotten my ID, I had t...

Arrived in Aveiro Before we left Viana, we had time to eat one last breakfast of Pasteis de Nata from the local (and our favourite) pastelaria. We were driven to the train station by our kind hostess, Maria - where we caught the train to Aveiro, via Porto......this first leg of the journey to Porto took about 1 1/2 hours. With time for coffee break, we then boarded the train from Porto to Aveiro, which takes just under an hour, as it travels southward along th...