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Portugal Trip

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April 13th 2010
We were all up early for breakfast this morning as Cath and I head back to Canada today. After breakfast our cab arrived and we were off to the bus terminal for our trip back to Lisbon. The trip was uneventful and we made it to our hotel without getting lost (imagine that). After we got registered we decided to go back down to the old town for dinner and some more touring. We found our way int ... 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