Pena Palace

Sintra - Day 2

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September 1st 2023
We showered last night and tangled with the shower curtain managing to soak our bath mat and partially flood the bathroom floor. We had to shower again this morning with an already soggy bath mat to step out onto. And flooded the bathroom floor AGAIN despite taking great care to make sure that the curtain was inside the shower recess! I hate shower curtains!! This morning we had timed entry tic ... 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