Day40 – Friday – 12-03-10

From the morning to the afternoon we were trying to fax our application to the next institutions we finally had decided to study at. At first we went to the post office at the school, and she wanted 18Euroes for faxing 6 pages! I didn’t know it was that expensive to fax… it so stupid that the institutions don’t allow attached e-mails! Anyway, we went to our department where they helped us for free, but the problem with that was we always got an error when we tried to send it, except for the course that my mate wanted to sign up for. We tried several times, but all of them failed. Finally we decided to send it to another department own by the same institution in hope that they will help us send it to the right department. It was basically the last day we could send it, because the deadline was on Monday.
After too many hours we finally went home to pack our things for our next little journey. Hugo drove us to his little village at Seia which is located at the highest point in Portugal. The ride upwards the mountains were very beautiful, but also very tough (for the car). The ride lasted for about 1 hour I think, and it was nice to finally feel the ground again. The air up there is much colder and contains much lesser water than at Aveiro.
We had dinner there with his family, and even though they were busy his parents went home to meet us and serve us dinner. It’s not every day you experience that kind of a welcome! We also met his grandparents who are really nice, and have been a lot of places.
At the evening we went to the local cinema to watch Sherlock Holmes, which was quite a disappointment, but it was cheap! After that we went around the city, and finally ended up at a café to have a beer and some food.