Obrigada..Portugal! 20131126_012834

Obrigada..Portugal!

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December 10th 2013
Portugal is only a one hour trip from Spain so winning already! As soon as I stepped off the plane and saw the modern airport I fell in love. I became absorbed in hearing the older people speak portuguese. I loved that although a different language the train system was really easy. Do: Sit by the water at Praca de Comercio and check out the 25th of April bridge a look a like of the San Francisc ... 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