Sintra

Portugal

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March 2nd 2011
Last weekend I went to Portugal! we left bright and early thursday morning from Cadiz and drove to Lisboa. I woke up that morning with a really bad sore throat and had a slight fever the night before, but i decided i would go on the trip anyways...i mean a free trip to portugal, kind of a once in a life time opportunity. On our way to lisboa we made a pit stop in a little city named Evora. We we ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Lisboa

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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