Pictures from Portugese friends visiting Gent

Some weeks ago, at the beginning of April, a good friend of mine, Sara Rodrigues, from Porto, visited Gent together with her husband Manuel and son Joao. What a wonderful opportunity to meet each other and catch-up on the news and developments in our respective lives and carreers. We spent the afternoon walking in the centrum of the city, making some pictures, which i'm sharing now. Sara is now part of the HECTOR project, a kind of continuation of the DAFNE initiative, but this time focusing on the out-of home eating. We did actually eat out of home that day ;-)

As you can see, the day was rather cold, though it was spring already. We also faced some rain intentions, but nothing serious.



Sara also defended her phd thesis recently, so she is the third of the DAFNE-III people in doing so (if i'm not mistaken). Congratulations dear friend! though it was such a stress, the expected outcome is there, and you got your PhD. Now it is over, and you don't have to write another tesis ever!

It was also a good opportunity to meet the Joao, since my last visit to Porto dates from 2002, earlier than his actual birth.

We visited a couple of places, had a good "warm chocolate" in the area of the Patershol, and basically followed Joao's rythm. It's a different approach to city-touring when you are with a 4y/o kid. Finally, as the picture shows, he accepted to make a picture with me, in front of the oldest houses in Gent centrum.