Traditional markets in Santiago de Compostela
The fresh food here was sensational. Really flavoursome - like it should be
From: Europe » Portugal
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]
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] Blog: Los otros Iberianos
Date: September 17th 2008
by anna and david Portugal, the slither of land blocked from the rest of Europe by Spain, having held out against Spanish dominance many times, is a land as diverse as any I have come across, amazing for a nation traversable within a week! We got the fast train to Seville and hired a car there to spend 12 days making our way through Portugal from south to north, finishing back ... read more
Date: September 17th 2008
by anna and david Portugal, the slither of land blocked from the rest of Europe by Spain, having held out against Spanish dominance many times, is a land as diverse as any I have come across, amazing for a nation traversable within a week! We got the fast train to Seville and hired a car there to spend 12 days making our way through Portugal from south to north, finishing back ... read more
