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Tiny Spring Beauty
Blog: My Algarve - 11 April 2011
It isn’t often that I feel completely stumped when identifying flora and fauna. But this little beauty is a new one for me. I found it growing in an abandoned field near Tavira. There was a drainage ditch nearby but the ground upon which I discovered it was scrubby, dry and filled with gravel [...]
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Lady in Wonderland
Blog: A Lady in London - 1 February 2010
My journey from northern to southern Portugal continued for another day in Lisbon, during which my boyfriend and I trekked out to Lisbon's Belem district. There we came face to face with the crazy Manueline Mosterio dos Jeronimos. The church was decorated from dome to kneeler with nautical-themed decor, and housed the tomb of Vasco da Gama. Although smaller than I had anticipated (the last church I saw in England had the longest nave in Europe, after all), all of the uniquely Portuguese aspects of the design were fascinating.
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