TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Coimbra, Beiras, Portugal Coimbra is a neat town filled with many historic sites and a beautiful university. I woke this morning and headed out to explore the town. I spent the entire day on foot, heading up and down the hills, so Im a little tired this evening, but the town is very neat. The highlight of the day was visiting the old university. ...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Coimbra, Beiras, Portugal beautifuuuuuuuuuul old city, too steep though ;) at least for those who go to university classes every day (don't seem many at first sight ;) the university building is definitely the nicest part, on the top of a hill in the centre of the town..it was a particular period to visit the city, the queima das fitas had just started...
Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Catarina Pereira led an international team of Carnegie Mellon students who became finalists in the designer/developer collaboration category of the 2008 Adobe Design Achievement Awards.
Boardgame News (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
By W. Eric Martin August 11, 2008 Publisher: Valley Games Designer: Elliot Hogg Artist: Miguel Coimbra Players: 2-6 Ages: 10+ Playing Time: 15-30 minutes Release Date: Spiel 08 Price: $15.95 Link: Every game tells a story, while at the same time a story stands behind the birth of every game. Habitat arose from first-time designer Elliot Hogg’s experiences in Wisconsin, where he was born. “Wisconsin...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
My journey to Porto didnrsquot exactly get off to a smooth start. I knew I had to catch a train to Coimbra B railway station but wasnrsquot sure which train to catch. I couldnrsquot see the train status screen. The bane of the blindy on the road. There were two trains waiting to leave so I had to make a choice. Naturally I made the wrong choice on the advice of a guy waiting on the platform.
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Lisbon, Estremadura, Portugal On my last day of travel in Portugal, I took the train from Coimbra to Lisbon (where I began my adventures initially). I spent the day touring around Lisbon to see some of the sites that I had not been able to see during my previous time there. Lisbon is quite a bustling city! I spent the majority of the afternoon touring...
Student Visa (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
University of Barcelona or Universitat de Barcelona (UB) is a public university, which is situtaed in the city of Bareclona, Catalonia. It is included into the membership of Coimbra Group and Joan Lluís Vives Institute. It was founded in 1450 granted by Alfonso V of Aragon and in 2005 has celebrated its 555 birthday. King [...]
YubaNet.com (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
A wimax-based connection to the internet enables fire-monitoring efforts in remote and mountainous regions. A forest fire remote monitoring system has been successfully tested in Portugal that could prevent the destruction of millions of hectares, as well as save lives.
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Cantanhede, Portugal Llegamos a Cantanhede, donde estaba el hotel, entre Coimbra y Aveiro.
Intellectual Property Watch (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
By Claudia Jurberg for Intellectual Property Watch RIO DE JANEIRO - Last year, Brazil and India presented their candidacies and were accepted to operate as international authorities for patent searches at the World Intellectual Property Organization. In addition, Brazil suggested that the Portuguese language be considered for publications. The country will ...
