Cisterns in an old church

Hello from Lisbon, Portugal

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January 31st 2008
We've moved on to Italy but here are some of our last pictures in Lisbon. We had more and also a video but ran out of internet time to post them and now our internet site won't support or camera. We had a great time in Lisbon. It is an incredible city to just walk, explore, and get lost. When I was a boy my brothers and I would try to get ourselves lost on our Great-Uncle Louie's farm and timb ... 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