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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]
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] Blog: Fun in the Portugal sun...
Date: August 26th 2005
Off to Portugal!!! Liani and I were up at 4.30am to get ourselves off to Heathrow. We flew first to Brussels, then with TAP airlines to Lisbon. I had requested a vegeterain meal with TAP but they only had parma ham panini's which were pretty rank, but anyway the steward came back and said he would go make me something else, I said it was OK so he returned with a lovely bottle of Portugese red!!! A ... read more
Date: August 26th 2005
Off to Portugal!!! Liani and I were up at 4.30am to get ourselves off to Heathrow. We flew first to Brussels, then with TAP airlines to Lisbon. I had requested a vegeterain meal with TAP but they only had parma ham panini's which were pretty rank, but anyway the steward came back and said he would go make me something else, I said it was OK so he returned with a lovely bottle of Portugese red!!! A ... read more


