Background: Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil as a colony. A 1910 revolution deposed the monarchy; for most of the next six decades, repressive governments ran the country. In 1974, a left-wing military coup installed broad democratic reforms. The following year, Portugal granted independence to all of its African colonies. Portugal is a founding member of NATO and entered the EC (now the EU) in 1986.
April 29th 2008Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Sintra Went on a day trip to Sintra today. Sintra is a town about 30kms away. We got the train which was a bargain €1.65 each way. Why aren't trains at home this cheap?
We visited a really cool castl ... 4 photos[full story]
April 30th 2008Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Lisbon I am on holiday with Laura again! This time we are in Lisbon in Portugal. We have spent the time wandering about and seeing the sights. It is very hilly here compared to Cambridge which means Laura ha ... 2 photos[full story]
April 28th 2008Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Lisbon We are in Lisbon! It is very nice but very hilly so we are exhausted! We never thought we would appreciate the flatness of East Anglia. Due to the hilliness of Lisbon and the fact that most of the str ... 4 photos[full story]
April 30th 2008Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Lisbon My friend Damir was right when he said I'd never want to leave Portugal! Just got back from the long weekend and Portugal was by far my favorite trip I've taken. I saw a total of 8 cities and had an u ... 26 photos[full story]
April 26th 2008Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Lisbon Happy Birthday to Kim's little sister Lisa! She is 19 today!
Due to our late night, we slept in a little (8:30 instead of 6:30). This visit to Lisbon, Portugal is longer than when we went to P ... [full story]
February 8th 2008Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Lisbon
Over the rolling hills of Portugal we drove, around the southern coastline, past the popular seaside town of Faro, and up the western coastline towards Lisbon. We stopped at a service station alon ... 30 photos[full story]
April 27th 2008Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Sintra Went to Sintra yesterday. A 35 Mins train journey from the Rossio station took me to the Sintra station. From the Sintra station we took a 2 way hop ticket for the bus #434, which took us to the Pena ... [full story]
March 26th 2008Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Lisbon Hi Friends and Family,
’Sorry that I haven’t updated this blog since, but being at home is not like being on holiday! Things to do, people to see, places to go. I mean, Berlin IS a funk ... 31 photos[full story]
March 31st 2008Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Lisbon Now that was a trip and a half!
The Lithgae Boys travelled Easyjet from Edinburgh to Lisbon Via an overnight stay in Luton while the Aberdeen Boys went Air France via Paris to Lisbon.
We all m ... 69 photos[full story]
July 11th 2007Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Lisbon Day 12 and here we are at the Portugal capital: Lisbon! We arrived here on a high speed train travelling at a whopping 221km/hr!
Our funky hostel was located right into the centre of town, over loo ... 10 photos[full story]
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