We got up about 6:30 am and made our way to the Oriente Train Station for our 4 hour train ride to Lagos, Portugal in the Algarve region (the southern coast). This train travelled up to 200 km/hour at times. On arrival in Lagos, we had lunch and hopped on a bus (cost 5 Euros for both of us) to take us to the small fishing village of Salema about 30 minutes away. We are booked for 2 nights at the Hotel Residencial Salema (cost 50 Euros per night). We had a nap then went for a walk – as soon as we walked out the door, it started to rain so we popped into the Atlantico restaurant and had Cataplana (mixed fish stew with a few kinds of fish, potatos, tomatos, onions – one of the local specialties) and some sangria. We thought that we would be able to ditch our coats, but to no avail – still wearing coats and getting rain (only a little here). We walked up Rua de Pescadores which is the main street and back, had dessert, coffee and some moscatel (a sweet dessert wine - another local specialty) and some Amargynho (a local almond based liquer much like amaretto but smoother). We met a couple from Wales at the bar and chatted with them for awhile.
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| Salema Beach |
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| Rua de Pescador |
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