28 August 2016, Sunday, Santarem to Golega, day 5 1315 as we enter this town

28 August 2016, Sunday, Santarem to Golega, day 5

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August 28th 2016
28 August 2016, Sunday Santarem to Golega. - Portugal horse country. Day 5. Leaving our hotel Umu, in Santarem, we have to walk back up into the town and then down to the train station. As we had learned the night before from Miguel's staff the ticket office would be open to purchase a train ticket for Karen to go to the small train station closest to Golega. As Jo and I leave the train stat ... read more

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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