Weekend in Portugal 104

Weekend in Portugal

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December 9th 2008
We had a good weekend in Portugal! Friday we left school a little bit early, we got the hook up cuz we went with the school secretary! We left Priego at about 2:00 and headed to Extremadura, which is the furthest province in Spain, closest to Portugal, where Lourdes’ boyfriend, Luis, lives. It took about 2 and a half hours to get there, but we got Luis and then headed to Lisbon. It took about 3 ... 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