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ACTIVE CHAPTERS IN PORTUGAL 2018/2019
Many people want to join AFS association but they don't know exactly which groups are available to join. In this page you will find the different chapters currently active in Portugal, information about the members available on the AFS Aveiro Chapter so you can reach us and see how we work with your own eyes and also know a little bit more about the city where we operate. If you need any information or want to enter in contact with your local chapter feel free to contact us.
AVEIRO CHAPTER- ACTIVE MEMBERS 2018/2019
PEDRO GOMES
Chapter Sending Coordinator
Support Volunteer
DANIEL COSTA
Support Volunteer
CARLA DE MENEZES
Chapter Support Coordinator
Support Volunteer
FABIANA BERNARDES
ALICE MENEZES BRITO
PAULO MENDES
Support Volunteer
AVEIRO CITY
Its name derives from the latin Alavário, which literally means “the gathering place of birds”. For a long period Aveiro was important economic link in the production of salt and commercial shipping. It was a centre of salt exploration by the Romans and trade. The Moors invaded and then held it until the 11th century, after which it became popular with Portuguese royalty
If you talk with locals of Aveiro you may heard a lot of time that the city is called “The Portuguese Venice”, because of its water canals and traditional boats (moliceiros) that resemble the Italian city Venice.
Literally meaning “soft eggs from Aveiro”, a region in northern Portugal, the Ovos Moles de Aveiro are almost every Portuguese’s guilty pleasure.
Like the Pastéis de Nata, they were born out of the excess yolk leftover from starching the clothes at the Jesus de Aveiro Monastery, who used the yolk to make these sweets – made solely out of eggs and sugar, wrapped in a thin film of sugar syrup, and made to take the shape of various sea-related elements, like a seashell, conch or even fish.
TOURISTIC PLACES TO VISIT
