In Portugal, a Bittersweet Mixture of Old and New
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › April 06, 2004
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It wasn't what we'd expected.
Instead of a little speck on the horizon, a small fishing hamlet on the southwesternmost edge of mainland Europe, all we could see as we approached was a line of white villas and holiday apartments.See the full content of this document
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In Portugal, a Bittersweet Mixture of Old and New
That morning, we had left nearby Lagos, Portugal, looking for our treasured recollections from 15 years ago: a village square with one bar and a lone hotel high on a bluff overlooking the bay where fishermen used spotlights at night to attract their catch.
We would have Vinho Verde on the hotel terrace in the evening before going to Carlos, the restaurant owner who would treat us to more free aperitif...See the full content of this document
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