Lisbon - on the waterfront

Lisbon

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June 13th 2006
Next was Lisbon. A beautiful city with lots to be seen except I couldn’t see it. I’m quite pissed off with the person that invented steep hills and steps. What I did get to see namely the port and my hotel room were really nice! Everyone else seemed to love it which just rubbed salt into my already festering wound…… ... 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