Rah rah rah

    The University of Evora is just down the street from where we are staying. (I'd say it was a block away, but evidently the town was built before blocks were invented.) 

     

      So I may have maligned the students in a previous post by saying ( some of them) look like vampires in their school capes. To clarify, most of them look quite normal.   

      However, let me tell you what they do, They emerge and roam the streets at night in troupes (like howler monkeys?). Quite possibly their behavior is somewhat affected by imbibing vinho tinto or some other liquid intoxicant ( legally purchased in this country at 16. ) And then, when a horde of students from the faculty of economics, say, runs into a gang of engineers, the rival groups chant taunts at each other as loud as they can. They have a lot of practice,  so they're quite good at it and can keep on for quite a long time at high decibels. 

      It's difficult for the good citizens of Evora to sleep under these conditions and because there are rude words in the chorus, parents fear for the innocent ears of their children.  

     How the students can run wild in the streets yelling half the night and still have time to study is a mystery. Reportedly, these antics have something to do with new student initiation, but the academic year has been underway for two months already. 

        Fortunately, it's raining tonight and that might dampen their fervor.