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The land of so much delicious wine . . . Porto!

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November 27th 2008
(November 17th - 19th) On the short and very fast train ride to Porto was a chance to finally view more of the coast and countryside of Portugal. I plugged into Chrissy’s mix of Portuguese music from Brazil and enjoyed the sights. The west coast of Portugal is just beautiful, and it made the journey go by quite quickly. One quick bus ride from the train station and we were at our newest tempo ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto

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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