Lisbon Railway Station

September 16th 2009
Lisbon: September 16-17 We travelled by train to Lisbon, which was quite different from what I had expected. I think I’d seen a Sean Connery movie years ago that showed the colourful buildings set into the hill overlooking what I took to be the sea. However, what the water actually was is an really large estuary. The town of Lisbon is much less pristine than the towns I had visited ... 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

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Sharyn J

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Welcome to my Travel Journal. Ill be updating here as often as I can so you can catch up on my travels whenever you have the time. (I hope Ill be better at updating than I am with emailing or phoning!). There are green boxes below to help you jump to a particular country. Where am I now: 26 December 09 - At Lovices, in Wijchen, The Netherlands Below is a summary and map of the key places Ill be visiting. * Japan, China, Mongolia, Russian Federation * Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania * Poland, Germany, Austria, Czech Repub... full info

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