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Oh, Fernando ... Portugal!!!
God, my wife and I went there for a couple of weeks a long time ago ... Cascais to Porto to Sintra to the Algarve and back to Lisboa. What a great trip, I recall seeing the Crusader ruins and a gorgeous Templar church ... Sintra was it? I forget.
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The convent of Tomar, with its magnificent Templar "Charola".
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And the military museum in Lisbon.
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I go there every now and then. The greatest world collection of bronze cannons ... is mostly in the yard.
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Vintage Port and BBQ'd shrimp with Piri Piri.
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I don't go much for Port wine myself, but i usually have the best for offer.
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I mainly remember the food..... barnacles ...
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We call them percebes; they taste like sea.
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Portugal, great destination ... don't tell anyone.  |
I won't
Fernando