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Maria Maria! (Day 15)

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May 25th 2010
Today is really just a travel day so I do not have too much to write about. Fortunately for all my avid readers out there I am currently on a 2.5 hour flight from London Stansted to Porto, Northern Portugal. Actually just crossing the English Channel now and all I can think about is Band of Brothers. I have to say Stansted is a peculiar airport. Most of the flights in and out of there are on b ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto

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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