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A Room With a View  
   

A Room With a View

Have the upper floor room. The bridge in the distance spans the Tagus River.
Getting to Lisbon

July 14th 2013
Literally spent the entire day traveling, starting off in Keswick, and right now sitting in downtown Lisbon. That entailed nearly every form of travel, from a bus from Keswick to Penrith Rail Station, then the train to Manchester Airport, a 2 and a half hour plane ride South to Portugal, and finally another bus into the city. Really wasn't intense, though, just boring. A lot of sitting around ... read more
Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Lisbon

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
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