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First day in Lisbon: visit of Belem district and its speciality: Pasteis de Nata :)

July 17th 2013
After a 4-hour bus drive, we arrived in Lisbon at lunch time. Thanks to the great advice of our host Miguel in Faro, we already knew what we wanted to do on our 1st afternoon there: visit Belem district. In Belem district, there are some nice buildings along the river and a monastery as well. The monastery <em style="color:� font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1 ... read more
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Portuguese Flag 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
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