Classroom lesson 路 Cork trees - the forest that gives without being cut 路 馃嚨馃嚬 Portugal
Portugal grows over half the world's cork, peeled from oak trees every nine years
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Lesson being written 路 Cork trees - the forest that gives without being cut
Portugal grows over half the world's cork, peeled from oak trees every nine years
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More about Portugal
Other things that make Portugal special
Azulejos - Portugal's painted tiles
Whole buildings dressed in blue-and-white pictures
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Pastel de nata - Portugal's secret-recipe tart
A crisp little custard tart with a 200-year-old secret
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Portugal's sailor-navigators
The people who learned to find their way across the open ocean by the stars
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The little yellow trams of Lisbon
Tiny wooden carriages that have climbed the city's hills for over 100 years
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