Pasteis de Belem

Belem and Jack Johnson-concert

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March 13th 2006
It was a very very hot day, and we decided to go out to Belem. We were recommended to take tram no. 15 out there - because the trams themselves are an attraction, and that the tram drives along the river Tague, very nice. We stood at Praça do Comercio waiting and waiting......until a local guy came up to us and told us that it would be a better idea to take the bus to Cais do Sodré, there were m ... read more

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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