Jesus bearing his cross

West to th coast

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May 3rd 2007
For the first time for about a week, we had dry, warm and sunny weather which improved as we headed west to Praia de Mira on the Atlantic Coast. On the way we visited Mata Nacional Do Buçaco. A forested hill settled by Carmelite monks in the 17th Century who built a wall around their park and planted over 700 varieties of trees from all over the world. We had a quiet walk via yet another serie ... 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