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Portugal El Camino - 2016

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August 31st 2016
Day 4 - August 27, 2016 – Azambuja, Portugal to Santarem, Portugal – 23.23 Miles The day started out warm and got a whole lot warmer – 97 degrees. On our way to the railway station we were lucky to see a stork sitting in its nest. Upon reaching the railway station we once again had to cross over the train tracks to join the trail that followed along a tree-lined path to a bridg ... 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