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Lisbon has reinvented itself as one of the hottest travel destinations in Europe

There’s something oddly comforting about revisiting a city as a tourist. It’s rather like visiting an old friend — all you need to do is relax and, perhaps, relive pleasurable memories. Or so I thought, while planning a trip to Lisbon this June. I couldn't have been more off the mark. The last time I was in the capital of Portugal was about 10 years ago. It was a sleepy albeit picturesque backwater of Europe back then. Soon after we visited, I heard from friends in Portugal that the worldwide economic recession in 2006 had extracted heavy toll on the