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DAY 2 - LISBON, PORTUGAL, DAY 1:

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May 10th 2014
After a an hour or so of "napping", and a small breakfast, we landed in Lisbon. Maybe it was my perspective, but the airport seemed to have a lot of space, but not many gates! We flew through customs with no hitch and went outside to look for a taxi. We had decided to forgo trying to get a bus or metro, with our luggage and all, and take the taxi recommended by our hostel, HI Lisbon Centre. Su ... 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