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ur coach is zipping south, along
a cobbled boulevard lined with
jacaranda trees, to Lisbon's
waterfront highway, where the
mouth of the Tagus River meets the
Atlantic Ocean. Handsome driver
Helder is at the wheel, and feisty local
tour guide Laura is narrating up front,
in her elegant Portuguese lilt. She
points out the window at the cobblestones, squared chunks of limestone and basalt that are
painstakingly set by hand. "Look, these stones are characteristic of Portugal," she says, her
voice coming through crisply over the sound system.
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Walls surround the medieval village of
Monsaraz, Portugal; (below) accordian
players entertain passersby in the
historical heart of Evora, Portugal.
