View from the Elevador

Lisbon Town

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February 11th 2007
Hi gang, We are really trying to catch up with these blogs. I am writing this in sunny Brazil. Anyway Portugal was great. I will try to be quick so we can catch up to real time. We also promise to upload more photos within the week. We arrived in Lisbon after a packed flight from Roma (and one last Pizza the night before) and jumped in a taxi with a guy who could be forgiven for not ... 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