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Portugal El Camino - 2016

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September 6th 2016
Day 9 – September 1, 2016 - Tomar, Portugal to Alvaiazere, Portugal - 21.5 Miles After picking up the sack breakfast (actually sack lunch) the owner of the hotel had left for us at the reception area we headed out before the sun had risen to locate the trail. Karen who is going to take the bus to Alvaiazere walked with us to the bridge where according to John Brierley’s book we should ... 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