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Portugal Trip

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April 11th 2010
Today got off to a much better start. We got up late, had a late breakfast with coffee out on the upper terrace except for Renita, who’s having wine. We listened to a cacophony (this was Jo’s big word for the day) bird calls including that damn rooster across the road. We spent the morning looking through our tour books and maps and we discovered we’re not in any of them. Consequently, a ... 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