Padrao Dos Descobrimentos

We didn't know that the explorers of Portugal had discovered so much of the world before everyone else. The monument is a wonderful tribute and a fine work of art.

As Far West As We Can Go

October 6th 2007
Bom Dia Bo & Dud, Apart from obrigado (thank you) - this is the full extent of my Portuguese, and I’m not sure that the people understand even then what I am saying. Any road up, where were we? Thank goodness I keep a diary or I think we would have forgotten more than we remember. Before leaving Porto we decided that an outing was in order to follow the route of the Douro River - the Douro ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Cascais

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

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