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SPRING IN PORTUGAL

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January 28th 2024
I forgot to post my blog yesterday, sorry so you get two today. Dandelions and all sorts of weeds are in full bloom here. Almond trees abound everywhere - they grow in private yards but also are plentiful in the countryside growing wild. Can you image just walking out anywhere and picking your own almonds? There are plenty of other flowers showing off their blooms as well - bird of paradise, os ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Albufeira

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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