Swans in the park...

Lisboa

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February 12th 2006
So this past weekend I went to Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, here they call it Lisboa. There was a lot more to see there than I thought there was, and more complicated with the Portuguese language. It sounds nothing like Spanish, but many people spoke English. So after the 10 hour overnight train ride on Thursday night, we arrived in Lisboa, with an hour difference of Madrid, at 8:30 in the ... 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