explorer monument and golden gate bridge

Lovely Lisboa

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July 31st 2010
On my way to the airport in Milan a Moroccan guy called Saad started speaking to me, he was such a lovely guy, we arranged to meet up in Casablanca when I go, how exciting! Then on the plane (2 hours late of course) I started trying to have a conversation with a Portuguese guy called Umberto who doesn’t speak English. So we ended up giving up on trying to speak to each other and listening to Cat ... 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