On 24th of June we celebrate Festa de São João do Porto. The city starts preparing. First step is the electrical power supply.
Preparing for Festa de São João do Porto
Tag: culture
Allowed names in Portugal
Something I learned today: in Portugal there exists a list of allowed names. It contains more than 80 pages. More female than male names. The gender is also clearly assigned. Of course there are possibilities for exceptions. But if both parents are of Portuguese origin the kid will end up with one of the names from the list. There is not much variation related to the spelling.
But: It’s possible to register the kid online.
Ovos moles
We tastet the local specialty of Aveiro. Ovos moles. Very sweet.
Aveiro is the “Venice of Portugal” because of it’s canals, bridges and boats.
Instead of locks with names the bridges are decorated with ribbons of friendship.
After 4 weeks of rain we enjoyed the nice weather.
You can’t escape
The German school in Porto has it’s own Oktoberfest. It was fun and games for the kids and of course you meet more BOSCHlers.