Having Fun in Lisbon: Friends, Cliffs, Castles, Monuments... and a Cave!
February 9th 2008 Yes, the two weeks I've spent in Lisbon have been quite diverse! I've met up with the Portuguese guys Pedro, Antonio and Marco, who I first met in El Chorro a couple of months ago and I've had a great time from climbing to kayaking, from exploring an underground gallery to doing a bit of sightseeing in Lisbon... Only Zé was missing, but he will certainly feature on my next blog.
Pedro was a gre
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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 
