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Day 1: The city of 1 EURO

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September 7th 2008
Day 1: The city of 1 EURO We arrived in Porto in time. To be more exact, we arrived in Porto ahead of schedule....about an hour or so! This is a nice way to start our vacation, isn´t it? Anyway, get in Porto an hour early was a lucky break that we could use, because our first major stop was in Lamego. Lamego itself is nothing worth writting about except if you like the small to ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Lamego

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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