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Both have lifts to get up to work on the lines, but the front one is more useful since it didn't need electricity to get to the site.

One more day in Porto

March 29th 2007
One more day in Porto Europe » Portugal » porto By AK JuliaMarch 29th 2007Julia Normand Back to my regular teacher today--Sara, who is a grand lady, born in France to Portugu ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto

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

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Julia Normand

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This trip to Portugal is a test to see if I can still, at the age of 67 and a half, learn a new language and navigate in a foreign country on my own. I always told my students I was a "life-long learner." So this March 19th coming up, the rubber meets the road, or the wings take to the sky, or whatever cliche fits. Anyway, I'm setting off from Houston, Alaska to Portugal, all on my own. ... full info

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