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Arriving in Lisbon

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March 10th 2006
We (Siri and Håvard) went to Lisbon for four days, in order to get away from Norwegian winter (-15 degrees centigrade), to practice some Portuguese, and to explore on of the finest cities in Europe. After a pleasant flight with some top quality beer in Munich on the way, we landed at Aeroporto de Lisboa at midnight local time. The taxi voucher that the guide book advised us to buy turned out to b ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Lisbon

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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