Lisbon Airport

Farewells and Hello's

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July 9th 2015
Geo: 38.7072, -9.13552Our huge rooms had heavy shutters and drapes over each window, so when I did wake up, I had no idea of the time, or even if we were late. We had acquiesced earlier that we would essentially lose most of this coming day, due to travel and timing of our flights. It was only 30-40 minutes from Palmela to the airport back in Lisbon, but with our flight leaving at 1:10pm, that ... 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