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spain: blackout

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Madrid during the apagón. Image from Wikipedia Commons.

A multinational blackout while guiding a tour group? Not an experience I want to repeat, but it’s funny how Rafa & I had such intertwined experiences while in completely different places. Here’s our story:

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lisboa: sé

Officially known as Igreja de Santa Maria Maior, the Lisbon cathedral stands out unmistakably above the city’s pastel skyline. More like a fortification than a place of worship, its bell towers seem anchored in a long-distant past. The following text is what you’d read if I had kept this listing in the latest update of my Catholic Heritage guide, but unfortunately it didn’t make the cut. You’ll understand why…

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