Christmas Lights in Baixa

At Our Leisure

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January 5th 2008
We awakened at mid-morning after sleeping for more than twelve hours! After having napped consistently yesterday!! But, we seem to be cured of jetlag already. The rains came back today, but lightly and comfortable, in the fifty-degree range. Didn´t venture out until early afternoon, having leisurely read the morning papers after breakfast. Don reads Le Monde and I read The Financial Times. ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Lisbon

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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