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The Algarve

September 18th 2009
The Algarve - September 18-19 It was a Metro trip to the bus station, where we took a coach. As we headed out of town we crossed the Vasco da Gama bridge (the longest bridge in Europe) which starts out like any bridge going up and being high above the estuary, but then you head down and you are only a small part of the way across. The remainder of the bridge feels like it is almost at ... read more
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Portuguese Flag 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
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