THursday, October 1, 2009 - Lisboa to Porto
October 2nd 2009 Leaving behind Lisboa and the broad Tagus River (the same one flowing in smaller form through Toledo) we headed northward. North of Lisboa are rolling hills and small mountains, often forested with pines of various sorts and the overtaking eucalyptus. As is thus far always the case in Spain and Portugal, you are never far from olives trees and vineyards.
Our first stop was in Fatima, site of t
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