This day we started off with a bus ride to the famous city of Guimarães. This was the first capital of Portugal, where Afonso Henriques, Portugal's first king, was born. The bus drove us to the top of a very large hill and dropped us off at what looked like a very scenic, religious area. There were fountains and flowers and just beautiful landscape. There was also a hotel located at the top which I found very interesting, wondering what different types of people stayed at that hotel for vacation.
Once we looked around at the top we started to walk down the side of the hill which had a large staircase with fountains in the middle. Our tour guide told us that each fountain represented the 5 senses, and also the 3 virtues. It was an amazing view walking down the stairs and I enjoyed it very much.
After that we went to the City of Braga, which is the capital of the Minho province. When we arrived there we were surprised to find a Roman Festival going on (the town kept very close to its Roman roots). There were people dressed as in Roman time, shops, belly dancing, and really just a festival on the street. It was very exciting and was a sight to see.
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