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Portugal El Camino - 2016

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September 14th 2016
Day 18 – September 10, 2016 - Sao Joao da Madeira, Portugal to Grijo, Portugal - 12.50 Miles The morning is considerably warmer than yesterday - 61 degrees. We leave the hotel walking in the direction of the church. As we are walking we pass by a cute mural, a statue of a shoe repairman and one of men around a bowl with what appears to be hats in their hands and the Oliva factory (sewing ... 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