our first walk around Porto

Port in Porto in Portugal

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May 25th 2007
It was with some excitement that we woke up early and went to work on Friday 25 May. The sound of the luggage bag wheels rattling over the street pavement was music to our ears and it brought a smile to our face in the knowledge that we would leave work early, at 3.30pm, and head straight to Stanstead airport to fly to Porto that afternoon. Porto is not a place we knew an awful lot about- I, ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto

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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