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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.

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By LivinLaVieInParis
April 30th 2008

Portugal Adventures!

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Palace at Sintra
Probably one of my favorite sights in the world

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 unexpectedly amazing time. Even the pictures don't do the actual scenery justice-it was that beautiful there. The city of Lisbon was so eclectic in that it had its ancient buildings on one side of town, and modern masterpieces on the other from the world exposition some decade ago. I arrived painfully early Saturday morning to our hostel where I met [View Full Entry]

By LJ
April 28th 2008

Better eat another custard tart to keep my strength up!

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Discovery monument

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 streets are very narrow and windy we spend most of our time not being entirely sure where we are! We have had 2 days exploring Lisbon. the first day we went to Belém which is a district that is a 6km away. It is home to a Pastéis de Belém - a shop which is famous for making custard tarts. Needless to [View Full Entry]

By Christine and Kim
April 26th 2008

Day 12: Lisbon, Portugal

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Lisbon, Portugal
Street with pretty buildings

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 Ponta Delgada, so we had some time to spare. When we got off the ship, we went thought the customs building and got some maps to try to find our way out to the Mosteiro dos Jeronimos. We walked past the cab drivers calling out "City Center?" to us and said no thank you. Then we tried to read the maps and figure out [View Full Entry]

By SlimBlue
April 23rd 2008

Time to Go Out Again!

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Castelo De Sao Jorge

March 26th, 2008. 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 funky town baby. Anyway, here we go….. Some of you already know that I like history and museums so today was going to be a cultural day. First, to the most important place of all - Castelo de Sao Jorge. What an impressive place. It’s a splendid castle perched on top of Lisbon’s highest hill and from which you can see over [View Full Entry]

By Zoe and Rocio
April 3rd 2008

Montijo

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Me and Rocio are in Montijo, which is a town across the bay from Lisbon. We are staying with a nice lady I contacted through the organic farm program to help her work on her home are garden. So far we have been putting cement on and painting the walls of an outdoor bathroom (right now there is no toilet) (weve been using buckets and composting the waste) and cutting up the extra tree limbs in the garden to create more space. We have been eating very healthily because she eats only macrobiotic organic vegan food, it is delicious and includes [View Full Entry]

By krisandkath
April 1st 2008

Bon voyage!!

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Hello all, Just a brief message to say that we have arrived in Lisbon and our trip has finally begun!! Kathers is leading the charge rattling off in portuguese - feeling like she is back in Brazil!! People def take a liking to us when Kath pulls out the lingo and have already been given some great advice which has landed us in authentic local portuguese restaurants.....right up my alley!! Not too much news for now but did quite a lot of Lisbon city today - we´re also staying in a great area, Bairro Alto which is very vibey at night [View Full Entry]

By linlithgowloyalontour
March 31st 2008

Lisbon 10/04/08

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Players meet The Loyal
Woodsie bumps into JCD at The Airport.

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 met up at the Hotel in the early afternoon but only after the Lithgae Boys went down the coast a bit to pick up the match tickets from a Portuguese contact we sourced through Mike. We got showered and changed and headed out to the Marina area for a few hours and then thereafter to the centre of Lisbon where we were met by thousands [View Full Entry]

By comeniusgroup
March 29th 2008

Saturday 29 March 2008 (1° part)

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The meeting was at 08.30 in the cafeteria for breakfast. We could choose among many types of foods: milk, chocolate, fruit juice, cereal, joghurt, jam, cheese, ham or Portuguese cold meat… About at 09.30 we went on a first tour of Lisbona .we took the underground and after three stops, we got off at Azhul… The beautiful voice of an African lady received us in the underground; it was a very nice song!!! When we went out of the underground, we were under a big main door that was open with an a arch and here we took a lot of [View Full Entry]

By SlimBlue
March 24th 2008

Finding our way around Lisbon

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Outside my window

Hi Friends and Family, Our breakfast this morning was scrambled eggs and 2 slices of toast served by the hostel staff and help-yourself tea, coffee, cocoa and juice. We were still hungry so we asked for another batch and the ladies were happy to oblige us. The plan today was to go to the "Bairro Alto", the "Baixa / Chiado" and the "Al Fama" areas. The "Baixa" is the 18th Century part of the lower town which is surrounded by hills and a network of cobbled streets. "Chiado" is Lisbon's most elegant shopping area and the "Alfama" is the oldest and [View Full Entry]

By SlimBlue
March 23rd 2008

Welcome to Lisbon

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Get ready for Portugal!

Hi Friends and Family, As promised, I said that I would be travelling to Portugal and indeed, here I am! Yesterday was Easter Saturday and also the birthday of "The Small Young Gentleman". He had had his birthday party on Good Friday and Saturday was thus spent relaxing and doing something with my hair! By 7. p.m. I hadn't started packing not to talk of finishing it! By 10 p.m. I was done with everything including no longer wanting to go out for a few Easter drinks with my friends... I set my mobile to 4.a.m and woke up with a [View Full Entry]

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