Dia 10o: Portugal!

Disfrutamos de un dia libre hoy. Aqui, uno de los estudiantes comparte lo que hizo durante el dia. Hoy fui a Portugal con mi familia Española. Yo lleve mi pasaporte, pero nunca lo necesite porque no había control de frontera y simplemente cruzamos un puente para entrar en Portugal. Mis padres españoles me habían dicho (en Español) que no necesitaba el pasaporte para viajar dentro de Europa. En Portugal fuimos a una ciudad antigua pero que aun está poblada. La ciudad fue construida dentro de una enorme muralla de piedra con muchos cañones en empotrados. Habían muchísimas tiendas en la ciudad para que la gente comprar recuerdos y otras cosas. Mi familia española y yo almorzamos en la ciudad en Portugal y fuimos de compras en un mercado enorme que tenía muchísimas cosa. Habían muchas tiendas en el mercado, pero la mayoría de las tiendas tenían las mismas cosas. Encontré unos zapatos nuevos que eran muy chulos por solo 10 euros. Después de marcharnos del mercado nosotros fuimos a un café-bar para merendar. Luego volvimos a España. Fue un día muy interesante. -Bill Ulrich

The students had a free day today. Here, one of the students recounts what he did with his day. Today I went to Portugal with my host family. I brought my passport, but I never needed to use it because there was no border control and we simply drove on a bridge over to Portugal. My host parents had told me (in Spanish) that you did not need a passport to travel within Europe. In Portugal we went to a old, but working city. The city was created within huge stone walls with many spots for a lot of cannons. There were a lot of stores in the city for people to buy souvenirs and other things. My family and I had lunch in the city and the food was very similar to the food in Spain. Later we visited another city in Portugal and went shopping in a huge market that had almost everything. There were many stores in the market, but many of the stores had the same stuff. I found some new shoes that were really nice for only 10 Euros. After we left the market we went to a café and had a snack. Later we left and went back to Spain. It was a very interesting day. -Bill Ulrich

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