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I like Portugal and the culture As a Erasmus student, I have a chance to come to Europe to study, and my first country is Portugal. About one month, I have learned a little Portuguese and history and some interesting things about Portugal's culture.it is so nice that our culture teacher took us to visit these awesome ancient architecture. There are two keywords to summarize Portugal's history, exploration and earthquake. exploration represents for prosperity about this nation, while earthquake brought tremendous strike to this country. In the age of discovery, Portugal and Spain explored the world, then had so many colonies, and become the powerful empires. But in the 17th century, the earthquake nearly ruined Lisbon. This tragedy brought a huge impact to Portugal's economy. When we watched the documentary film about the earthquake in out culture class, I noticed that a sad expression on my teacher's face. In Portugal's rich culture, I really like the architecture and the music Fado. I study in the university of Coimbra, so I'm living in Coimbra, a beautiful city in Portugal. There are numerous nearly 800 years-old buildings in this place. In these days, we visited the Museum Machado de Castro. It was built in the middle age, you can imagine that how much happened in these building. Fado, is the traditional music in Portugal. In the Praca de 8 de maio of Coimbra. after 6 o'clock, some musicians will play this music. The song sounds so sad and meaningful, though actually I don't understand the meaning of the lyrics. I like Portugal and its culture. I will continue to find the interest things in this beautiful place.
Oct 7, 2015 8:33 PM
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I like Portugal and the culture

As an Erasmus student, I have had a chance to come to Europe to study, and my first country is Portugal. About one month, I have learned a little Portuguese, Portugal's history and some interesting things about Portugal's culture. It is so nice that our culture teacher took us to visit these awesome ancient architectures.

There are two keywords to summarize Portugal's history, exploration and earthquake. Exploration represents for prosperity about this nation, while earthquake brought tremendous problems to this country. In the age of discovery, Portugal and Spain explored the world, then had so many colonies, and become the powerful empires. But in the 17th century, an earthquake nearly ruined Lisbon. This tragedy brought a huge impact to Portugal's economy. When we watched the documentary film about the earthquake in out culture class, I noticed that a sad expression on my teacher's face.

In Portugal's rich culture, I really like the architecture and the music Fado. I study in the university of Coimbra, so I'm living in Coimbra, a beautiful city in Portugal. There are numerous nearly 800 years-old buildings in this place. In these days, we visited the Museum Machado de Castro. It was built in the middle ages, so you can imagine that how much happened in this building.

Fado is the traditional music in Portugal. In the Praca de 8 de maio of Coimbra. after 6 o'clock, some musicians will play this music. The song sounds so sad and meaningful, though actually I don't understand the meaning of the lyrics.

I like Portugal and its culture. I will continue to find the interesting things in this beautiful place.

 

<em>[Good job.]</em>

October 7, 2015
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