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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 Scofflaw
July 30th 2008

crew jumped ship

Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Cascais

well we lost one of our crew of three in gibralter, but gained one there as well. jason made it to cascais but just jumped ship with out so much as a by or leave. so now we are a crew of 2 which isn't really a safe way to sail. so we stay in cascais for the near future. from here ill be able to see lisbon so its not all bad. everything else is going well. learning alot. having alot of fun. need to pee so im off. [View Full Entry]

By DebzandSam
July 30th 2008

Portugal

Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Ericeira

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SunsetFinal Day

Well it's good bye to my favorite place in Europe, Ericeira. What makes this place my favorite well it's the surf, sun and most of all the people. Northern Portugal is fortunately for the locals but unfortunately for the economy a little forgotten gem in Europe. It has some of the best coast line, few tourists (or at least less) and generally has only the committed tourists rather than the package types. Debs checked into surf school in Ribeira d'llhas.. (see or if you don't speak Portuguese, [url=http://www.nomadsurfers.com/English/Portugal/portugal_eric [View Full Entry]

By Sarah161616
July 22nd 2008

We are here!

Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Lisbon

Hi everyone! We made it to Portugal! It was a very long flight and I didnt get as much sleep as I wanted to, but that is ok I had a power nap. Lisbon is a very crowded big city. There are a lot of different districts to see, some a little better then others! We arrived at our hotel too early to check in so we went right out and started seeing things. We went down to the Tagus river and walked around. We had lunch at a little cafe, we pretty much stuck to cheese and bread. The food [View Full Entry]

By DebzandSam
July 22nd 2008

6 Foot and Clean in Ericeira

Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Ericeira

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6 Foot and Clean

Ericeira has once again turned it on for us. This spot is perhaps my favorite place in Europe. Mostly reef breaks it's shape and consistency are legendary and yesterday I saw it at 6 foot. A size the locals say is the minimum for them to go out.. or the more bravado of the locals. Ericeira has been good to me over the years and it didn't disappoint. It's got great food, friendly locals (unless you violate one of the rules of surfing!), cheap and has great waves. We have been here for a week and a half now and relaxed [View Full Entry]

By europe08sexiest
July 15th 2008

Just going round the corner to portugal

Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Lisbon

We NEARLY missed the bus to lisbon but luckily we made it, making a quick stop at the loo before we left. sitting on the bus, the mad came up and said we had tickets from lisbon to madrid.. but after looking at our (probably white faces) he let us on.. ha. we booked a little less known bus than most of the other ppl we met, but it was a pretty awesome bus! we got it half price to them too!! there was about 10 of us on the bus.. so we all got a couple of seats to ourselves, [View Full Entry]

By little Lundahl
July 13th 2008

lisbon alive

Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley

Our side trip to Portugal which was unplanned until we got into Barcelona, turned out to be a really great time. We found out about a music festival in Lisbon on the 10th,11th and 12th. Optimus Alive 08 with main attractions Rage Against the Machine, Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Ben Harper, Amoung many others. I know those of you reading this who happen to be huge fans of RATM have to feel a little jealous of Micah and myself. This show was amazing. I heard that there were 50,000 people at the show that night. And it was better than [View Full Entry]

By pathfinder from earth
July 12th 2008

Lisboa rainha do mar

Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Lisbon

Rossio square em Lisboa
The center of Lisbon's social life - Rossio with a fountain in teh foreground and the National Theatre in the background

How do you know when you're in the right place? That it's "ment to be"? I know by deja-vus. And I have a lot of those here. Again. But first let's start with the journey. Thursday, I think, was the most boring travel-day one can experience. Usually you'd meet people on the train, start a conversation, just for the sake of talking, perhaps even someone interesting. Nope, not me, na-ah! I took the 6h ride from Ljubljana to Vienna (had to change trains in Maribor a.k.a. my long forgotten home-town - how amusing!) at an unrationally early hour which left me [View Full Entry]

By lloyd1018
July 5th 2008

LISBON Where old worldy charm abounds

Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Lisbon

No shorrtage of oen space here

We got into Lisbon just after day break and pulled up at a giant transport interchange building. I followed a fellow passenger in the direction of the main building. He seemed to have the same idea as me and went straight for the toilets. Unfortunately they were closed. Wouldn’t want the general public using them now would we. Had to search the entire expanse of the great featureless building. A guy in uniform directed me back where I came from and I found the WCs. Trouble was that only one cubicle had toilet paper and was being used. After a minute [View Full Entry]

Shoreline a short distance from my pension

Military build near the coast Did a Thai type coup just take placejpg

By Dawnbreaker
June 26th 2008

Lisbon/Portugal to Gibraltar

Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Lisbon

Coming into Lisbon and the Marina

26th June Thursday - 18.30pm Arrival in Lisbon - Portugal - Doca de Alcântera Harbour Trip: 269 nmiles Log: 19797 After checking in with the Harbour Master and filling in all the forms required there wasn’t much of the day left. It’s hot and sticky with no wind at all in the harbour. Everyone is tired after sailing in shifts most of the night so all that’s left of today is a good shower and an even better meal. It seems that over the past 10 years alot of the larger harbours have expanded, not just in Europe but also in [View Full Entry]

A very famous explorer from Portugal called Vasca da Gama

From the Castle over the Bay is the huge statue of Jesus

By SusieQ3443
June 3rd 2008

Lisbon (Lisboa)--Delightful Surprise

Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Lisbon

Let's Party
A huge sphere advertising my favorite.

A new country but we're up to the same tricks. We didn't book a shore excursion so we decided to try it on our own again. After our ordeal in Casablanca, you would have thought we had learned our lesson. NOT!! This time we were somewhat more fortunate. Linda G negotiated us a limo with an English speaking driver. His name was Colada--like in Pina Colada and he had good command of the English language and knew his way around the city. I forget how much he charged us, but unlike our tour in Gilbraltar, we had to buy our admissions [View Full Entry]

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