INSIDE THE IGREJA MATRIZ

DAY 8 - ALVADOS TO VILA NOVA DA FOZ COA:

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May 15th 2014
WE PACKED UP OUR GEAR, CHECKED OUT OF THE HOSTEL, AND AFTER A BIT OF NAVIGATIONAL RESEARCH, HEADED TO OUR NEXT STOP, VILA NOVA DA FOZ COA. THE MAP AND DRIVING DIRECTIONS I'D MADE FROM GOOGLE MAP DIRECTIONS (GREAT TOOL!) TOLD US ALMOST ALL OF THE 312 KILOMETERS WOULD BE ON MAJOR ROADS. THE GAS TANK OF THE LITTLE FIAT WAS GETTING LOW, SO WE STOPPED AT ONE OF THE SERVICE AREA ON THE HIGHWAY AND BOUGH ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Northern

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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