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I Dared the Port Institute in Lisbon and Lived to Tell
A narrator recalls visiting the National Port Institute in Lisbon and being guided through its venerable halls. After a ceremonial tasting of a rare port from 1492, he discreetly drinks water as a chaser, causing the staff to react with silent shock and prompting an awkward exit. He vows to avoid the institute on his next visit.
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