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Portuguese  Flag 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]
Blog: Our Time in Lisbon...
Date: May 31st 2012

Our Time in Lisbon... After a stop over in Turkey, a night in Barcelona, some extremely dodgy flights and an hour and a half wait for our bags we finally arrived in Lisbon. Our first day in Lisbon was jam packed; first we set out to explore the lush verdant hills of Sintra. Sintra is a Unesco World Heritage site and its fairy tale like setting was a perfect introduction to Portugal. While ... read more


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