Thursday November 10th Erasmus +

View from the early "telescope" at the historic church. 

Holly's blog entry:

Today was a really exciting day! First, we went to the Museum on the Rue de Flores. This was a beautiful street with lots of souvenir shops and we each bought something to take back home. In the Museum, we visited an intricately designed church and some galleries with benefactors of the place. It was interesting to find out about their lives and the traditions of Porto. Then, we visited a chocolatier café, and each had a nutella crepe. It tasted amazing, but we were really full afterwards! Soon, we got back on the coach and arrived at a modern shopping centre. In here, we spent some money in well-known shops but also Portugese shops. The Erasmus+ Group also visited a Retail Outlet, where everyone picked up some great bargains! Finally, after spending a lot of our money and feeling very full, we returned home. I really enjoyed seeing new shops today, and exploring the thin streets of Porto, which were all very pretty.

Teya's blog entry:

Toady we went to a famous church at 9:00 am. We were very tired but it was cool. We listened to the history of the church and all the paintings in there. We then went for a wander round the village and went into some of the tourists' shops. Me, Lucy, Holly and Tal went to a Nutella restaurant and I bought some waffle like food that had a Nutella dip and cream. It was absolutely gorgeous. Then we got in the coach for a while and drove to a shopping centre where we spent 3/4 of our time in Primark! 😆 it was great fun, and we thought that was all, however, we then drove to ANOTHER shopping centre and spent another hour and a half in there! It was brilliant fun and I spent most of my money!! I then got home for Érica's birthday and all her family came around and we had some really tasty food! It was really great fun!

Only dignitaries were allowed to sit here in the 15th century! Way to go Teya and Lucy. 😄

Lucy's blog -Thurday:

Today was an an early start because we had lots to do. We went to a church and listened to to the history of the Church as well as walk round the museum of painted portraits. After, we were allowed to look around the historic town of Ferreira da silva. Me, Holly, Teya and Tal went into a Nutella cafe and ate crepes which were so tasty 😋. My favourite part was when we went shopping to Norteshopping centre where I explored new shops and Primark where we spent 3/4 of the time. This was where we spent most of the time buying new clothes and accessories as well as the retail outlet. There were a few well known English shops but I enjoyed the new ones and walking the beautiful thin streets of Porto. It was such an amazing day and everyone enjoyed it.

Churros of Portugal 

Famous for its sardines ! 

Group photo outside of the museum 

Tom's blog entry:

Today we had to arrive at school for 7:15 so we were able to get to Porto on time.  When we got to Porto Timo (German student) and I walked around and visited the shops looking for souvenirs. We then went to a museum that was an old church. We had a tour of the museum looking at all the portraits of people who had contributed financially to the church. After the visit we had a bit of free time for souvenir shopping and then returned to the coach to visit a shopping centre in Porto. Timo, Duarte (my host) and I went into the many shops and had KFC for lunch. We then got back on the coach to go to a shopping outlet where there was a Nike shop! I got two pairs of shoes for under €60 !!! After the Nike shop we went into some great clothing shops. We then got back on the coach back to the school to be picked up and taken back to our host's house.