Portugal may not be the richest country in Europe, and especially here in the North, it may not have the best weather, but it has the nicest people.

 

Here is what we found in our room at the delightful Bracara Augusta Hotel here in Braga,  this afternoon after we returned from a walk. They somehow knew it was my birthday.

 

And below that are pictures of the festivities on the day I arrived in Braga, on the 100 anniversary of the establishment of the Portuguese republic.

 


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