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ten toes in lisbon

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January 15th 2015
Hi. 8.45PM and in the television ..receptionarea with the news on television. A boat has turnedover and some fishermen are missing off the coast North of Lisbon. Read about it on the Portugal news in English on guppy this afternoon. Breakfast this morning then Mass at 9.30am Then back to the peoples hostel where I am staying to do some cooking. Had brought some pasta yesterday so cooked so ... 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