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ten toes in lisbon now Porto

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February 5th 2015
Hi Thursday 5 February. 7.3ppm and in the bar area, with music on, but not to bad. Up late as had a rough night as seemed to wake with all the noises, which I usually do not, so it can only improve. No rush to get up anyway. A bit of retail shopping then over the bridge to the large shopping mall as decided to celebrate Waitangi Day with a meal out. Have now been in Portugal for nearly a mon ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Northern

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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