Exploring Espinho 20221110_122713

Exploring Espinho

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November 10th 2022
Yesterday and today, we've spent checking out our little town. Yesterday was overcast but not rainy. We invited Ellie and Carey, who we had met on the train, to come for lunch. We went on a walk along the boardwalk, and then had stirfry at our apartment. Today, the sun was out, so we walked further north, all the way to where there's an old church out on the shore on a rock. When the tide is u ... read more

Europe » Portugal

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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