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Porto - Lisbon

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June 6th 2006
We,re leaving for Lisbon on the 2:15 train so we.ve been wandering the city for the morning. I love Portugal.it,s so beautiful. We at down by the river again on the city side of the Duormo where we ate last night. I had arroz con mariscos. Rice and shellfish in a casserole. That one dish was enough to feed 3 people easy!! That,s what we,ve been doing, eating a light breakfast at the hostel/h ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto

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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