Out of the cave

Cooling royal breezes

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June 29th 2023
Yesterday was not a good day. It started with some extreme teenage girl dramas, vocally projected across most of Portugal, and continued with a couple of dead birds. It was almost enough to make us throw in the towel for the day and curl up in bed and be done with it. But we decided that sun and sand was a good medicine…and eventually we were right. A visit to Carvoeiro beach for some breathta ... read more

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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