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ten toes in lisbon now Porto now Nazare

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February 20th 2015
Hi 8.30PM and here in Nazare hostel in the dinning room. Have had tea but no stars out tonight s it has been cloudy most of the day and drizzle this evening when I came out from 6.30 Mass. Woke at 5am and checked Guppy for the cricket score and when I saw that we only needed 124 runs I decided it was not worth getting up for. So slept for another three hours... I have been sleeping so much rec ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Central

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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