Portugal - 3rd day here
Day 41
Caught a bus to the beach! Weird how a pensinsula with estuaries has a beach so far away. Took half an hour to get to Pria de Faro, a resort style beach town which has a one way bridge to town. (Stop lights at each end). Went via airport of Faro - saw some great statues of people outside looking up to the aeroplanes..kids, families, couples..very innovative. It reminded me of when we were kids..Andy and i would go running outside to the field when we heard a plane and yell out, ¨Hello Father Christmas!!!¨ Geepers...
It was raining and cold but the beach, in the summer, would be beautiful. We enquired to see how much per night and they said €55 including breakfast. How reasonable is that. It´s right on the beach! Must be offpeak prices and definately cheaper when you book from the street.
That´s one thing we´ve discovered. WHen you book in off the street it´s MUCH cheaper. Booking on internet or prior can up to double the price!
Met a young american girl who looked a lot like Alena who´d been travelling for 24 hours and her luggage went astray. She didn´t even have a coat to put on. She caught the bus back to Faro with us to buy some clothes, poor thing! Made me think it was a good idea Greg checking in our luggage only to the destination and not transferred to the final destination like we had from Vic Falls, to Joburg to Madrid! (At the time i thought...why do we have to go to all the bother doing that!!!)
Had coffee at a gorgeous little cafe underneath our accomodation and the guy couldn´t stop showing us his extensive coffee cup collection. Quaint. So cheap here. Coffees are €1 each. And yummy. Pastries are also about that. And we´ve had a lot of those. Just as well we´re walking heaps, otherwise we´d both be like the sides of houses!
