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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 Kane
September 20th 2008

BRAGA, . . . and a walkabout with Maggie

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Plaza fountain

Well, we got to the villa on Saturday, the 13th, and except for one night out for dinner at Ribeiro de Pena, we’ve all pretty much just sort of relaxed and “vegged” out. Today was our first tourist outing and in two cars we all took off for Bragga slightly to the North-west of the villa. Heather, Kane, Lynn and another traveller were in one car, (GPS equipped) while Beth, Al, Larry, and Cindy travelled in the second car. In a strange place where you don’t know where you are, and are not familiar with how to get where you’re going, [View Full Entry]

By EliBoudreaux
September 9th 2008

Day 3: Braga

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Igreja de Misericordia

Day 3: Braga After our well deserved night sleep we went to the reception straight away to check in. Little did we know that they didn't even realize that we were there. Our clandestine operation was a success! Finally we visited Braga. there are two things you can not do on an empty stomach: fighting and thinking, so we ate some croissants and some tea/coffee at a local diner. Braga gives you a military feeling because of its many concrete buildings. Even the nicest place is mainly and basically a concrete slab! Anyway, moving through the city we got to [View Full Entry]

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