As they say, “All good things must come to an end,” and today was my last full day in Lagos, Portugal. Tomorrow I drive the 180 miles back to Lisbon where I will stay the night at a hotel right at the airport and then fly to London Sunday morning – hopefully. I read this morning where there is some type of strike by some of the ground crews at Heathrow so we’ll see how much of a monkey wrench that throws into my travel plans.
I scheduled a boat trip this morning and the weather gods were kind and it did not rain. It was a bit windy but, all in all, not a bad day. The view of the cliffs along the coast is even more spectacular from the water. We were in a small motorboat which was ideal for navigating the grottos and caves of the Ponta da Piedade. The boat handlers that do this have a lot of skill because the waves are coming in and some of the spaces are very tight!! If I were to do it again, I might opt for a kayak tour but the tour today was a good teaser.
Overall it has been a fantastic trip. Our objective was to scout the country from top to bottom with an eye towards moving here and I think we accomplished that objective. Some of the places that we initially thought about were stricken from the list for one reason or another and other places that we hadn’t really considered moved up the list of candidates. Right now we are focused on the Algarve, particularly the area around Lagos, but time will tell.
We have to go back and digest everything that we’ve seen and learned and come up with the next phase of the plan. The unfortunate thing is that now Portugal has been ‘discovered’ and there is a wave of people moving here. That is just something we will have to take into account as we move forward.
Thanks for tagging along. I will end with more pretty pictures.
Mike, thoroughly enjoyed reading about your trip to Portugal. Gotta say that it would be an easy trade of fresh fish and octopus for peanut butter.