Eagerly waiting for luggage in Lisbon

Festivale de Sudoeste

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August 11th 2006
Ola! Here's another blog from Portugal - the second of two beach holidays I've enjoyed this summer, this time in south-west Portugal for the Sudoeste Music Festival - a four day music extravaganza at night, party on the beaches all day. Sound good? Oh yeah, it was. Day 1: Sam, Kate, Mel, Robbie, Jules and I left London very early on Friday morning, and arrived in a steamy Lisbon around 9.30 ... read more

Europe » Portugal

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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