Pensao Central Faro
Lg Terreiro Bispo 10 / 12 Faro, Algarve, 8000-156, Portugal
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Making friends with the natives
Tuesday:
We've been taking it easy and have been chilling out so far. We've been into Lagos to shop and to have a look around the Old Town which has an amazing history influenced by Phoenicians; Greeks; Carthaginians; Romans and Arabians as well as Christians..
Essentially an important sea traffic centre for gold, silver; ivory and slaves. The slave market from 1444 is well preserved and is now used as an art gallery. In 1573 it became the capital of the Algarve ...
How Rude!
We made it to the Autovia and blasted to Silves, our final planned stop on our Portuguese castle tour. The sun was blarrinf in the Algarve at a nice 22C; blustery by local standards. As usual, we found the castel mounted on the highest hill. The castle is well restored from the pounding given by the relentless Christians who drove out the Moors. The Moors built the ...
DiscoverGranada - Lagos!!
... we went with and we got 5 drink tickets (each worth 1€ - meaning we could get a beer and one mixed drink). I did not redeem my tickets, because I was still feeling a little queasy from the Sangria, but we all danced and had a fantastic time. We got back to the hotel late, around 3:00am.
The next day (Saturday) we woke up at to catch the bus to the beach at 11. They took us to the local beach in Lagos and we spent the day lying in the sand, playing ...
The week has come to an end...
... of time before we left for dinner. Then our group of 11 headed out for some more local imbibing and great food. We had clams and giant prawns (also known as head on) for apps, along with a cucumber/tomato salad. Then I had golden bream. The whole fish. It's something to get used to.
After dinner we were sitting and relaxing and talking about getting older and I *foolishly* mentioned my birthday was in ...
Halfway through the jaunt
... to think every minute about how you are coming across.
Tonight I'm headed to dinner with a group again and I think it's to a steakhouse in the Old Town near the fish place we ate on Monday. Should be another fun night and not too late. Some of the salesmen I've met over the years are giving me grief for not hanging out with them at the bar but I literally haven't had time or energy to do so. I'm finally, I think, on the back end of my cold ...


