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Portugal: Electrocuting Oneself ... Bumba Feckin Shizzle-Plop

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May 13th 2013
The past week's adventure starts off with some good news. You may recall a while back I mentioned that I was charged for a toll rd journey twice from Tavira to Faro ... it should be €2.30 for a journey and they charged me €4.60, plus a whopping €0.64 tax on top of that. Out of a matter of principle, I complained and wrote emails to various companies until eventually I was told I'd get a refu ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Algarve

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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