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Portugal Trip

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April 11th 2010
Today we learned something very interesting. None of the roads or streets have names. Not only that, bus stops are not named or easily identified, either. Therefore, as we made our way into Albuferia, we had absolutely no idea where to catch the bus. So we walked in the general direction of the city for about 3 kilometers and, it was getting so warm, we decided to catch a cab. Again, we had t ... 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