La Isla Beach

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October 30th 2011
26th October After another day on the beach in the rain we set off along the coast. We went to get GPL at a garage in Gijon bit it had obviously been bulldozed to make way for a new road! It wasn't much fun driving in the rain so we stopped in Luarca for the night. We parked by the harbour wall and watched the waves lashing over the breakwater. We headed inland and when the rain stopped ... read more

Europe » Portugal

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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