London Travel World Guide - A Walk Through London - voyagerezine.com

London Travel World Guide 

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 London is an exciting and pulsating metropolis of the new millennium, a melting pot of both people and culture and a fascinating city of diverse contrasts. The City Of London contains the Tower, an historic landmark with a remarkable history.

A mighty medieval fortress with 13 towers that throughout its 900 years, has served many functions and from the Middle Ages, it was a heavily fortified prison. After the medieval St. Paul's Cathedral was destroyed by a devastating fire in 1666, Christopher Wren was ordered to re-build it with a dome.

Visit Porto Portugal - The Destination You Didn't Know You Needed - voyagerezine.com

Visit Porto Portugal - The Destination You Didn't Know You Needed 

I didn't plan on visiting the city of Porto. I took a bus from southern Spain that brought me across the border into the Algarve in Portugal.

There a second bus unceremoniously took me the rest of the way north through endless fog and rocky green hills to Lisbon. I admit Lisbon was lovely, but it only took me a day to realize I 'd rather spend my time somewhere a little smaller and ԛuieter.

An hour of research landed me on an apple-green train heading up the coast to Portugal's second largest city, and over the next three weeks, without flash, without pretension or fanfare, Porto became one of my favorite places on the planet.