Strait of Gibraltar radar view

Freighter Travel Notes: Valencia to Sines

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September 6th 2012
Tuesday, Sept 4 We woke to a calm sea and a sunny day. The Spanish coast was a distant cloud on the horizon. Around us there was nothing but sea but we knew that later today we would be passing through the Straits of Gibraltar and the shipping lanes would be crowded. The morning was spent catching up on chores – washing clothes, tidying our rooms, cleaning the windows (yes, they do op ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Alentejo » Sines

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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