Portugal El Camino - 2016 1

Portugal El Camino - 2016

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August 31st 2016
Day 3 - August 26, 2016 – Vilafranca de Xira, Portugal to Azambuja, Portugal – 15.61 Miles The morning begins with all of us walking to the Vilafranca de Xira train station where we drop off Karen so she can catch the train to Azambuja. After crossing the train tracks we walk by a nice riverside park before coming to a paved road. It’s not long before we make a turn onto a dirt road that ... 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