The Boardwalk

Testing Our Raingear En Route to Esposende

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September 21st 2019
As predicted by both Accuweather and the normally undependable app on my phone, we woke up to rain today. After a quick breakfast, we donned our rain jackets, put rain covers on our backpacks and walked down to the main promenade in Povoa de Varzim. Along with a large cohort of pilgrims, we turned right and headed north along the ocean. The wind was strong (15 - 20 mph) and white caps were bre ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Northern

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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 a... ... read more