Land Ahoy

Travelling on a Low IQ

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October 8th 2010
We thought it was time to revive our blog with a brief account of our latest travels - and a warning about the perils of travel for those that haven´t got an IQ of 140 or more. We set off on Sept 29th to catch the ferry at Portsmouth. Everything packed, all documents duly checked and filed carefully in place. Then 40 miles down the motorway, realisation dawned. I hadn´t packed the keys to our A ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Lagos

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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