Moon at Lagos

Portugal - The End of the World and Back

November 17th 2013
Glyn and I didn't get up until gone 11am as we'd purposely not set alarms, wanting to catch up on sleep. We then drove to the end of the world. The End. ........ Not really! But during Ye Very Olde Times, people thought that Cabo de Sao Vicente was the end of the world as it's the most South West part of Portugal. The guide book promised all sorts of wildlife including sea-otters, eagl ... read more

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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

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Claire Wade

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I started these blogs as a record for myself- something to read and comfort me when I'm old, cold and broke, wondering where all my money went... With time, my blogs have developed as it turned out other people were reading them! This has inspired me to improve my writing (well I try) and add more photos. I hope you enjoy reading my blogs and please do leave comments. The photos in the blog are taken on my phone, but when I return home, I always have lots of images from my DSLR, that I upload to Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wadeyc ... full info

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