Faro

How Can the Beach Be That Far Away?

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April 14th 2007
4/14/07 Seville-->Faro We caught a bus to Faro that left at about 3:00pm (that way we could have a little more time in Seville). We ended up sitting next to this group of Australian guys. Pete (the one that I sat next to) had been to Morocco about the same time that Sudie and I were there so we talked about that, and he showed me videos of last nights bull fight (they killed 6 of them—I’m re ... 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