Cloisters, Lisbon Cathedral

September 25th 2017
Like most things in our apartment other than the terrace, the bedroom's very small - the bed fills just about the whole room. There's no space between the sides and the walls, so we can only get in and out by crawling over the end. As we discovered yesterday our apartment's in the very hilly Alfama neighbourhood, and we read that Alfama means "the baths" in Arabic. It‘s apparently the very olde ... 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

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Dave and Issy Sheehan

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Former TravelPod Member: the.sheehan Joined: June 22nd, 2015 We live in Melbourne, Australia, with our three offspring Scott, Emma and Troy, Coco the dog, and cats Sidney and Chilli. As at 2015 our offspring have all left school and should, in theory at least, be capable of fending for themselves, so as long as they don't kill each other or burn the house down, we can now happily trip off into the sunset. Issy was born in Malta. She came to Australia with her family when she was four, and as at early 2015 she's never been back. I was born in London to Australian parents who met ... full info

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