Sintra

Just beyond the reach of Europe

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March 23rd 2009
Viernes 20 marzo 2009- We left the Alicante airport at about 11:30pm and arrive in Madrid about an hour later. Since our flight was at 7am, we found a quiet corner and tried to get some sleep. If you haven’t spent a night in an airport, consider yourself lucky, I’ll leave it at that. Because of time difference, we arrived in Lisboa, Portugal at 7:00am and made it to our hostel by way of cit ... 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