The Return of the Mysterious Douche!

I haven't seen one of these since Germany a couple of years ago. Americans are also confused by this. I've heard of people peeing in it, washing their feet, some clothes, and really every imaginable body part. Some poor people have even mistaken it for a toilet. A true European thing - that little spout has many uses!!

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

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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