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Portugal! (And one day in Madrid...)

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July 27th 2007
From San Sebastian we caught an overnight train into Madrid (got about 2hrs sleep). We spent a day there. It wasnt actually in our intial plans but it was the only way to get to Portugal on our railpass. We put our bags in lockup and trained into town where we walked around the city (Kim wore her pyjama pants all day due to no clean washing!) We visited the national museum of art. It was so massiv ... 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