Beautiful church in Porto

Easter Sunday

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April 8th 2007
Didn't make it to a service this morning - I hadn't done any research to find an English speaking service (if there were any), and others in the group were attending a Catholic mass in Portuguese. So my roommate and I slept in a little, then went to breakfast downstairs at the hotel. We didn't have breakfast included at the Dublin hotel, so everyone in the group was eating whatever they could fin ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto

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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