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I'm Turning Portuguese!!

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March 23rd 2011
We took a day of rest from our frantic travels and went to visit Maria's cousins, Maria and Manuel. In a matter of minutes, an offer for lunch. Now, here I should make mention of Portuguese food. It is very good. It is also very much concerned with meat. Great slabs of meat, most likely fried and served with potatoes that are very often deep fried. On a day of abstinent prudence, one will eat g ... read more

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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