By George Hobica, Tribune News Service

“Why is everyone going to Portugal?” my friend Justin asked when I told him I was going there for a visit.

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People travel for many reasons, but visiting friends and relatives (VFR in industry-speak) is one of the largest and most resilient segments of the travel industry. Travelers spend over $400 billion a year doing it.

And it was the primary reason for my trip to Portugal. I’d been promising to visit my friend Bill, who had became

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