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Portugal - Lisbon - 38.7223° N, 9.1393° W & Porto - 41.1579° N, 8.6291° W - 1445Z16APR25

  The castle in Lisbon. A Lisbon tram, possibly named 'Desire'. Firstly. The picture of the river is in Porto, but, before I go any further, this next bit is important. If you are ever travelling to Portugal, and Lisbon and Porto are on your list of places to visit, go to Lisbon first. And away we go....... So, after a couple of weeks convalescing in Belgrade, I arrived in Portugal - Lisbon more precisely. Incidentally, the day before I left Belgrade it snowed a couple of days in a row, but I digress. On exiting the airport, after an unremarkable, yet delayed flight, I stepped out into a warm, 22 degree c night. Another city, another dodgy taxi driver, and I arrived at my accommodation to find it dark, closed and locked. Situated in an older part of Lisbon, incessantly banging on the door of my multistory hotel/guest house was enough to anger a neighbour, who rang the guest house owner to complain about my delightful racket; bless her. Thankfully this led to the owner, tucked u...

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