Mon 2 Jun- Coimbra at Hotel Astoria

Mon 2 Jun- After a lavish buffet breakfast, we did last-minute Internet checking, then departed for Coimbra, the famouse Portuguese university town.
On the way we stopped by a hospital for Stan's PT/INR test. Once again, a minimum of paperwork, very short wait, and cost was only 0.55 euros - less than $1, and that included faxing the result to the US.
We arrived at the Coimbra Hotel Astoria, checked in and tried to find a parking place. We had to wait in line 15 minutes, then pay E3 for 4 hours between 8 am and 7 pm in the public parking lot across the street.
Kiyomi found a shoe repair shop and a watch repair place, put and we did some window shopping.
We looked around for where to eat and decided we needed more vegetables, so went to the Chinese restaurant 'Esplendoroso': hot and sour soup with shrimp & tofu; shrimp with garlic on an iron plate (sizzling); chow mein with pork; assorted fried vegetables; Super Bock beer. All was very tasty, though more salt/MSG than we are used to, but only about E20 for everything.