Mafra National Palace, Mafra, Portugal
That moment when a site or attraction just sneaks up on you, stops you in your tracks, & makes you go wow. I had one of those moments today when I paid a visit to Mafra, Portugal, and first laid eyes on the town’s monumentally glorious palace. Wow indeed....
Gradil, Mafra, Portugal
Over the years I’ve been lucky enough to visit a few former Portuguese colonies around the world, notably Macau, China (twice) & Goa, India (three times now). So although I hadn’t been to Portugal before a few days ago I did feel like I knew what to expect....Lake George Quebec City stockholm Lincoln Philippines Greece Listvyanka Bariloche alleppey Tyumen Angkor Appalachia Woodstock Tallahassee queensland Honolulu Sri Lanka Pokhara Trieste Sweden Bosnia and Herzegovina Er Rachidia hampi Sparta Upstate New York Chefchaouen Kyrgyzstan Georgia Skopje Sinuiju New Haven Tingri Shelly Beach Puerto Ayora Andijon Osh Margate Paros Srebrenica Salt Lake City Trinidad and Tobago Drake Passage Jeju Hatteras Island Warwick Lancaster utila Pristina Guatemala Northern Ireland Dahab Colonia del Sacramento Suwon Quebec Midelt Prishina Estonia Erie Louisiana Trinidad & Tobago Catalonia Porto Alegre Paju West Indies Selma Lhasa Venice Stellenbosch san diego South Africa Tallinn key west Rhineland Cayman Islands Delmarva Central Asia Saint Stephen Tekapo Lockerbie boston Syria Kuwait Prague cancun Parikia Galapagos Vienna Dominican Republic tibet Charleston 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