Re: Algarve
We're back!!
We had such a great time in Albufeira in Portugal and this time it was rather special for me as I was 60 on the 10th of September so we had a Portuguese meal out in the town in an old-fashioned Abega restaurant – Fish Cataplana after lobster and garlic patés hors d’oeuvres with fresh Portuguese bread and a lovely bacon and mushroom starter. Cost a bit but it was genuine Portuguese rather than the Northern European stuff they sell everywhere else – burgers, steaks, pizza, spaghetti, chicken Piri-Piri etcetera.
During our stay we had temperatures of around 28 degrees nearly all the time – that’s shade temperatures – and, in the Eastern Algarve we visited Vilamoura, Tavira, Faro, Oura, Olhos de Agua, Olhoã Monte Gordo, Vila Real de San António, Ayamonte (Spain – but only just!) plus Portimão, Lagos, Sagres and Cape St.Vincent in the Western Algarve, most of it by public transport – far cheaper than the tours!
We went self-catering and found it a bit more than we originally expected but as it’s a tourist area you have to expect a bit of a price hike so we shopped around a fair bit, including going to Lidl and bought what the locals go for – so we had a fair bit of fish!!
Mind you we had a lovely Chinese meal on Wednesday night that was absolutely staggering – so much for a simple set meal!! Ended up waddling home at 10:30!
stevmk2