Our cute house - Ferragudo

Portugal Road Trip!

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July 8th 2015
A road trip through Portugal (and a bit of Spain - see Spain blog) with Scott, Anne and Lauren. We visited Porto, Sintra, Lisbon, and Ferragudo. The cities of Portugal are simple yet charming with old and somewhat run down buildings that are traditionally clad in beautifully hand painted tiles. The highlight of the road trip (and of Europe in general) was Ferragudo, South of Portugal. We had an ... read more

Europe » Portugal

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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