Hills and Hills

Portugal

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May 7th 2009
Last Wednesday, Nicole and I left for a five day trip split between Lisbon, Portugal, and Madrid, Spain. We flew out late Wednesday night to Madrid, where we passed six hours attempting to sleep on the terminal chairs (terrible memories!) before flying from there to Lisbon in the early morning. When we arrived in Lisbon, we found our hostel, got all of our stuff settled it, and then headed out t ... read more

Europe » Portugal

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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