Worst dish ever - The Franchesina. Chips, steak sandwich with cheese melted over the top and drenched in canned spaghetti sauce (minus the spaghetti). Yuuukkk!
Van Trip - Portugal October 17th 2010 This blog is a very brief rundown our time spent driving up the coast of Portugal.
We entered Portugal in the Algarve (south) but skipped the touristy section and headed straight for the south-west tip. The day we got there the surf was really good at a break called Zavial. I had a good surf but the crowds put a dampener on it. Good welcoming to Portugal nonetheless. The following two weeks we ... read more
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