Porto Is The Home of Port!

Portugal's Pleasures

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November 22nd 2007
Portugal (22nd Nov - 26th Nov 2007) Rupesh and I spent almost 5 days on a road trip exploring Portugal. We basically covered a small loop beginning and ending in Lisbon. Lisbon Rupesh was impressed with our Fiat Punto that we picked up from Lisbon airport. I was more impressed that we made it in to central Lisbon and to our hostel without getting lost! The hostel had only been open for ... 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