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cows

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June 7th 2006
so in lisbon they have one of those contests where you take a cow an then decorate it whatever way you want. very funny. i remember when they did that in new york, but i forget what those cows look like. you´ll notice a picture of my favorite cow here. so we finally got laundry done...man oh man...we needed that. i guess there´s no such thing as a laundrymat where you do it yourself here. someo ... 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