From the kitchen

Off to Portugal

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May 19th 2017
Geo: 37.1672, -7.52036After not much sleep we were up and getting ready to head for Portugal. Jim and Patrick picked up the rental car as Allison and I finished packing and then we were off. We made one stop so Allison and Patrick could photograph the Rock of Gibraltar and then didn't stop again till we arrived five hours later in Manta Rota. As we crossed the border into Portugal Jim and I ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Manta Rota

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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