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Portugal El Camino - 2016

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September 13th 2016
Day 17 – September 9, 2016 - Albergaria-a-Velha, Portugal to Sao Joao da Madeira - 19.12 Miles When I checked the temperature on my phone it said it was only 54 degrees out. As we headed out the hotel door, I wished I had put on my fleece top, bottom half of my hiking pants and gloves – burr was it cold!!! The trail had us winding throughout the streets of Albergaria-a-Velha before le ... 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