second night´s site and our cute little car

Portugal - Lisbon, Campin, Ikea and Driving

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September 9th 2006
We arrived in Lisbon on an EasyJet flight from Paris at around 2 in the afternoon. From the airport we took the tourist bus into town and found the tourism office nearby the bus stop. The first thing that struck me about Lisbon was that it was freaking HOT. Felt like I´d died and gone to Visalia in August. Anyway we managed to get another bus, after a bit of getting lost and walking around car ... 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