near the castle

fado

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June 8th 2006
just got done with dinner, we came exploring down some side streets looking for fado. and we found it. i wish i could explain fado....but i can´t with any good verbs so instead i will tell you that it is very emotional, and when they sing all you can think about is the music. you forget to talk, you forget to eat, if they´re really good you forget you have a ciggarette in your hand and you are c ... 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