Monday, January 31, 2011

Viseu, Portugal

On Saturday, we went to Viseu, which was the last area that Madi served (for a whole year!) We got to attend the baptism of Anna, a beautiful 16 year old girl that Madi and her companion taught.
Here's Grace in the cultural hall post-baptism...
...where she officially fell in love with homemade Portuguese desserts.
We also attended church on Sunday, which was very cool. We learned that it's even harder to stay awake in sacrament meeting when you don't understand a word that's being said, and that trying to sing hymns in another language is fun.. for you and for those around you.

This is a cool house across the street from the church.
After church, we were invited to a big traditional Portuguese dinner at Tonia and Paulo's house (some members of the ward). It was delicious - Nana and Papa even ate octopus, purple and tentacle-y though it was! Grace and I couldn't get enough of darling baby Samuel:
Right outside their house was a vet hospital, which was exciting to this little animal fan:
After dinner, we did some exploring of Viseu on foot.


















(Introducing European pigeons to the pleasures of Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers.)







Cemetery.

Viseu is a beautiful city, and a great place to spend our last day in Portugal.