Porto

Lloyd and Daves Excellent Adventure

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May 8th 2007
My brilliant friend, old Dave Bowman decided to pay me a visit for my birthday and to run the London Marathon. So good seeing the old geezer again, top class guy. On a bit of a whim we decided to go to Portugal and Spain the next morning at 7am. Seemed like a good idea at the time, and it probably would have been if we had not had a bender the night before till 3 in the AM and then raced to Stans ... 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