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Plaza, Porto

Sipping port in Porto

May 8th 2010
Kirsten, the Aussie girl I met in Eastern Europe, assured me that normal weekends are for seeing the UK but long weekends must be spent in Europe. So last weekend, being the May Day public holiday weekend, we got some cheap flights to Porto, Portugal. Being a few 100kms South we felt sure it was going to be beach weather but even with plenty of blue sky and sunshine...low 20s is still a bit chi ... read more
Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto

Portuguese Flag 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
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