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....Appalachians brisbane Krasnoyarsk Erlian Bruges Panama karnataka Rhineland Albania langkawi waikiki Costa del Sol cameron highlands North America Nuwera Eliya Bucharest Berlin Tongariro copenhagen Montanita Varadero bali Brazil Macedonia Ghent Lithuania Tyumen North Korea ericeira the big island Montego Bay Bern Deadwood Belize City Samarkand Bremen Kotor Ushuaia Guanajuato Verona moscow Ghandruk Vík í Mýrdal Castro Campobello Island Chefchaouen South Ossetia Punta Arenas Kansas City Ohio Sint Maarten Fes New Zealand Vienna Skopje Gibraltar Yichang Belize Toledo hana Galapagos Durres The Catlins Lago De Yojoa Simon's Town Cooke City Paraguay Washington D.C. 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