Wine Cellars

Port Wine, Porto, Portugal

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July 15th 2006
Ola! I'm in Portugal where they speak Portuguese. I've never heard so much Portuguese in my life (that's probably expected, isn't it...) Porto is really cool and hilly and dirty. You can definately tell that Portugal has less money than Spain by the prices of food (dirt cheap) and the rubbish on the streets. It's a really pretty city though. Today, I went to visit the wine cellars and got ... 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