Residencial Sun Algarve Faro

A silent drive to the train station. Frank drops me off, and I don't say a word as I grab my bag and close the car door. Now what? North or South? I could likely stay with Luis again in Lisbon, but I hate backtracking. Its 6:30 in the morning, and the first train arrives at 7:00, heading North. I ponder for the 30 minutes, then when the train does arrive, I let it pass. I'll head South, to Faro. I'm not sure when this ...

... it was pretty tame until one of the toreadors almost got trampled by one of the bulls, the dude was lucky they dulled the tip of the bulls horns. <br><br><br>http://picasaweb.google.com /Jonny.D.Lawrence/20091016Albufeira?aut hkey=Gv1sRgCImA4oCXitDO5AE&amp;feat=dir ectlink<br>

Well it's been almost 28 hours since we left a cold, wet and windy Melbourne on Monday and we are here at last! The flights were generally OK with no major issues, aside from a plane load of children on the BA flight from London to Faro (we were prepared for this since July/Aug is the summer holiday season in Europe) and BA deciding to split us apart in the seating but were not able to seat us together cos the plane was full - very odd). <br><br>The flight connections were ...

... speak with me than Virg, this being the opposite experience to the one we had in the north of the country, and come to that, everywhere else.<br><br>Nevertheless, it was lovely to chill for a few days and the hotel, with its rooftop terrace bar and pool provided a good base. The only complaint...they do need to do something about allowing kids to run riot in the bar after midnight... but the kid thing has all been said before.<br> <br>A&amp;Vx<br> <br>

Bussed to Faro, a small seaside town with not a hell of a lot really!!<br><br>Our room had no window, but faked the appearance by having a curtain anyway... nothing like a little bit of closet sleeping!!<br><br>Went for a swim at the beach/lagoon with our 1.60 euro bottle of red ...

... senkrechten klippen eingebettet. herrlich !<br>am abend wurden wir mit einem leckeren selbstgekochten nachtessen begrüsst. super fein! am anderen abend in einem herzigen restaurant direkt an einer lauschigen bucht und gutem fisch. Dazu üppige Zmorgenessen mit allem was man sich wünscht....das alles tat eben doch auch gut :-) (ah ja,und sogar nachrichten auf SF1 im tv schauen.hapimag ist ja ...

... carpet at the drains. Very strange. I imagine it would get really grubby quickly. This town also had the most impressive xmas lights I have seen so far. Each street had its own set of xmas lights with different designs. They were really pretty. This is a nice quaint little town with an airport. It was nice to wander around and soak up the sunshine. We spent most ...

Late this afternoon the bus reached Portugal and an hour later arrived in Faro. My first impression of Faro, was that it had a Naples feel to it. I was really hoping that I was wrong. Found my hotel, unfortunately I couldn't find a hostel on the Internet in Faro, so I have to stay in a hotel, oh well. Went for a walk around the town. Its a fishing village,with old city walls, many plaza's and old churches. The best thing about Faro, the nearby airport ...

... I ate half of my free meal and packed the other half away for lunch begore returning to my room (Now eerily quiet in the absence of Captain Snoresalot) and passing out. I was soon joined by my other sleep deprived roomies and we slept peacefully for the first time until 11Am 2 hours later than I had planned to get started. As soon as I was semi-concious, I went immediately down to reception and booked another night in a DIFFERENT ROOM, before heading out on the days' adventures.

LEFT GB FINALLY, FLEW DOWN TO FARO AND GOT INTO TOWN AT 2100 AND IT WAS 65 AND CLEAR. AS MUCH AS I LIKE THE COLD IT WAS NICE NOT TO GET RAINED ON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 10 DAYS. ALSO THINGS ARE SO MUCH CHEAPER HERE. LARGE MEAL WITH BEER, WITH DESSERT, 8 BUCKS.