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Lisbon

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November 17th 2013
Geo: 38.732, -9.14246Easy, six-hour drive to get here on wide freeways. Deserted too - the €16.15 Portugese toll made sure of that. Every so often there's a fantastic looking castle and walled town, or palace on a hilltop. If we stopped to look at them we'd never finish our trip.Metro'd and trammed around this avo. The metro was great. The tram was super cheap and almo ... 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