A visit to Braga

This was our second day -we caught a train at 9.00 and arrived in Braga around 10.00 am unfortunately it was raining so first thing we had to buy an umbrella for dad- I had brought mine all the way from Australia.  The train trip was interesting as you see what’s on outskirts of Porto - lots of dilapidated high rise Buildings! Then it becomes lots of farms and agriculture.  

Braga is a university town with the oldest cathedral in Europe. On the outskirts is another interesting church which you reach by taking a bus then a funicular powered by water - another thing that was the oldest somewhere - not sure if it was just Portugal or the whole world!

the entrance to the town

those girls wouldn’t move so I could take a picture of the fountain in the main square

the funicular 

the Bom Jesus - the name of the church.  The other special thing about this church, apart from being in beautiful surroundings, was the amazing staircase which zigzagged up in front of the church. It was raining so we didn’t walk down the 300 steps to take a photo but it was a big draw card for people to come and see.

very well tended gardens looked after by lady gardeners

this was in a special building outside the church

inside the church

outside the church 

a dragon in one of the squares

another well manicured garden.

A wedding cake in the oldest cathedral

The blog is really great the only thing is if you want to insert a photo later, it can only be added at the end. There may be a way of doing it but I am not sure how. 

Outside the oldest cathedral

A more normal street in Braga

A very large paschal inside the oldest cathedra

And that is it from Braga!