On the way to Sagres

The end of the world.

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October 10th 2005
Leaving Lisbon, we headed south in the rental car to Sines and then Sagres. Rain follows us to lunch in Sines, which is building a new, state of the art port for shipping. Back on the road to Sagres and the Pousada Infantes, located at the tip of the Iberian Peninsula. This also happens to big a big surf town, in the Hawaiian sense of the word. Two great forts on the bluffs looking out to ... 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