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Portugal Trip

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April 11th 2010
Today is the day that Pete and I have been dreading .....,..... SHOPPING DAY! We knew what we were in for because the girls have been planning this day for the past 2 or 3 days now. However, we were in for a pleasant surprise because they told us we could split up and meet for lunch and then for the trip back to the villa (they must have heard us whining earlier). We walked up to the main road ... 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