Frankenstein

Market Day

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July 24th 2013
Today was market day in Quarteira. It was a "gypsy market" although I am not sure why they call it gypsy. Anyways, lots of fresh fruit and veggies, sausages, cheeses (we bought some cheese), fish (saw some cool freshly caught eels and lots of freshly caught sardines). We also found some pastries that looked like funnel cakes so we tried one of those and it was so good we had another! Yummy! We als ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Quarteira

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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