Finished packing and checked out. I couldn't find my sunglasses, but a grab back of the key and a search of the room didn't find them - although it did find my trainers and a pair of sandals which I'd left under the bed .... (later found my sunglasses in amongst the laptop leads ....) so, a taxi to the Plaza de Toro and down to the heated depths of the car-park, by the toro, to collect the car.
Amazingly, we escaped Seville pretty easily and stopped only once en route back to Portugal, passing all those millions of olive and orange groves.
what ARE these bushes called?
last stop in Spain
We turned off into Tavira and followed the signs for Santa Luzia, where we stopped to take some photos - what a lovely place - very quaint.
We checked into Pedreas del Rei - beautiful grounds! Our apartment; very nice - with 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms and a huge terrace, covered in bougainvillea. I'd only booked a 1 bedroom apartment, so they must've run out of 1's and upgraded us to a 2 for free!!
We crashed for a while, then went shopping in the 'camp' for food, wine etc. We made a sandwich and crashed once more before driving into Tavira, via delightful Santa Luzia again.
We walked over the Roman Bridge and decided on Restaurante Pont de Encontro for dinner. Started off with breads, cheese, olives and fish (sardine and tuna) paste. Then I had the swordfish with Algarve garnish, Terry had the swordfish with Tavira garnish and Paul had the veal. For dessert, T had banana split, Paul chocolate mousse and I had "a taste of Algarve", which was very rich cake, made of almonds and figs.
We stopped and watched the orchestra rehearsing for a while (some festival was on) - while the guys with the bbq and sangria setup for their LFC funds, were sinking badly, with only one customer. :(
