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I can't get enough Portugal

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Europe in general is amazing.  Culture, coffee, food, big ass mountains, and the Mediterranean.  I do find the language barrier intimidating, believe it or not.    But Portugal!  This stunning place pictured above is called the Devil's Mouth.  The postcards show this with tranquil waters and sailboats.  I prefer the chaos.  I was lucky enough to tag along with a friend.  Went to Cascais, Sintra, Porto, and maybe Lagos, and definitely Lisbon.  Sadly, I don't remember.   I became obsessed with cork.  I was sure to buy a cork purse, wallet, coin purse.  How can you not find this fascinating?  Cork!  the stuff you use to stop bottles and pin notes.  It can be made like material!  I still don't know how.  I saw giant planks of cork on a flat bed!  I bet you haven't seen that shit.   Next thing I loved was blue tile.  I didn't get any.  At the time I couldn't think what I'd ...