River of Gold

Rio D'ouro means River of gold in Portuguese. Its the name of the river running through Porto

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March 15th 2014
The adventure of getting to Lisbon was already starting fabulously, I thought, as I cracked open a beer in the waiting area for my flight and casually struck up a conversation with a super cute Italian girl. Chiara (love that name) was a make-up artist on films who today was traveling to Lisbonna (as the Italians called the city) to learn to surf. I felt like I was in a Fellini film when we spoke ... read more

Europe » Portugal

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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