The long awaited “Churresqueria”

Port from Porto... who would have guessed?

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June 19th 2007
After our huge day the day before we opted for a lazy morning and Mick and I wandered along the beach and found a local bakery. We met up with Bern and Shaun for lunch at a beachfront café before heading into Porto for a look around. Porto is a city of cobbled streets, old terraced houses with decorative tiles and statues, lots of them. We saw a police chase with 5 or 6 cop cars chasing a tiny ... 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