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Museu Nacional do Azulejo

Portugal is best known for explorers, bacal- travel adventure time viewing tiles in a museum
hau, Pastel da Natas, sardines, wine cork, and that I’ve seen every day throughout Portugal
decorative tiles not necessarily in that order. and Spain.He resisted, and Mary persisted. As
You know they’re important because there’s a usual, her persistence is most persuasive.
museum dedicated to almost all of them. One, As it turned out Ron was glad she talked him
in particular, caught Mary’s fancy, the tile mu- into our excursion down this Portuguese tile
seum, the Museu Nacional do Azulejo. memory lane. Museu Nacional do Azulejo is
Ron wasn’t thrilled about spending valuable considered one of Portugal's most important

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