Faro, Portugal

After spending some time in Sevilla, we headed off to Faro, Portugal Saturday evening. After settling into our hostel, we walked through the town in search of dinner. In the main shopping area, there is a red carpet in the middle of the sidewalks all through the city so it provides a nice guide to all of the winding, maze like streets of the city. We found a nice little restaurant and decided to eat there upon seeing how cheap the menu was and the waiter had a great personality and asked us in 5 different languages what we'd like to eat. One thing about the Portuguese people is they have a knack for picking up other languages. We were also treated to our other favorite part about Portugal, green wine. Green wine is basically a younger white wine that goes bad after only a few months and is absolutely delicious. We relaxed after dinner by having a few drinks and becoming the life of the party at a local club. The next day we ventured through the city in search of breakfast and found the tour boats to take you out to the Ria Formosa Lagoon. It is a natural area of barrier islands and one of them is big and has been setup with trails and has a beach for you to enjoy. We rolled our pants up and waded out in the water just collecting sea shells and enjoying the nice day. We found a couple of beached porpoises during our walk on the beach, it was sad. We returned to Faro in the afternoon and found another wonderful little place to eat that had Italian food and we tried a pizza with bacon and banana on it, it was strangely delicious. We left early the next morning and headed to El Rocio, España.

 

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