Vale do Lobo

Peaceful in Portugal

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June 25th 2009
Vale do Lobo, 2009 Monday 15 June: We were up til late last night, packing at the eleventh hour. Still weary, we wipe the sleep from our eyes and make way to the airport at 5am. Ouch. At Gatwick, we wait in a check-in queue that is akin to the length of the Nile. We are then submitted to the standard poking, prodding, searching, security checks at the airport. Removing shoes, removing belts, re ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Algarve

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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