Lisbon Arch

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November 6th 2011
5th November Three more days of driving in the rain and we arrived at Lisbon. On to a campsite near Guincha then took the bike into the city. I was looking forward to visiting Lisbon as it looked really interesting in the guide books. We set off on the bike (no rain forecast), but we ended up dodging heavy showers and sheltering from torrential rain again. We arrived relatively dry but it to ... 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