Castle and Grave Yard

remembering summer - in Portugal

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October 4th 2007
Hello friends, It’s been a few months now since our last post, and we hope you’re well. For us the summer has been wild - trips around Europe, visitors from home, and various work related shenanigans. This is the first attempt to fill in the busy summer and give you a peek at what we’ve been up to. Thanks for your patience, and we hope you enjoy the pictures! With that preface, back in June ... read more

Europe » Portugal

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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