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Faro-Santiago bike ride

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September 9th 2022
First entry. I just arrived in Faro. Had a long flight from Miami. First to London with a stopover of 4 hours and then a shorter flight direct to Faro, all the way to the south of Portugal. I write this note from the house of Mark Schneiders, one of the three “braves” that will make the bike ride of some 1,000 km. The other participant is Jaap de Jonge. We know each other for a great number o ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Algarve

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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