St. Martinho do Porto

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May 31st 2011
30 May 2011 Madrid I am sitting in the Madrid airport killing time right now. I had to return our rental car so I just did that. Now I am waiting for a flight that is 5 hours away to take me to Lisbon, where I will catch a bus, then a ferry, and then another bus so I can walk the last 2 kms home. This is once that public transport is not really convenient but at least it is there. The drive ... read more

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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