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Another European Vacation

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May 30th 2017
Up and ready to enjoy our first full day in Lisbon. We boarded tram 28 just outside our apartment and headed for Commercial Square to catch another tram to the Belem area of Lisbon. We had a quick breakfast at an outdoor cafe before heading to the long line ups outside the Monastery of Jerónimo. The Monastery is one of the most decorative churches of Portugal. The southern entrance is bounded by ... 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