Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Off on the Minitrain???

Today promised to be a wonderful day weatherise. A high of 19C and all sun. What could be better for a minitrain trip around Albufeira. The minitrain is another hop on hop off tour of the local area with only 4 stops. The highlight of the trip was a stop at McDonalds. That was worth the price of the train on its own.

We took the "over the mountain" road to Fisherman's Beach and took a couple of pictures along the way. You have probably seen similiar pictures in the previous days, but "what the hell", here is another couple.




Off we went to the scenic lookout, high above the cliffs of Albufeira. How the hell can you get up that mountain, you may say. Well there is a double lonnggg escalator that takes us right to the top where the minitrain awaited.

We got to the escalator and up we started. After the 1st escalater stopped, we headed for the second.
The second escalator was out of order.
Oh well, back down we went, and off to Sir Harry's, for refreshment and musical entertainment.
Once again we were disappointed as there were no seats at Sir Harry's. Fortunately, Vertigo is right next door and had empty tables.

You may or may not know that at this time of year, the Algarve is not running at full capacity.
Even though there is a lot of shops and a lot of restaurants open, there is also a number under construction.
Some are shown below.





It is hard to believe that this is the off season, when the restaurants that are open seem to be so busy.
I guess we would have to come in the summer to realize the difference

Anyway off to dinner at a restaurant overlooking the sea. Fish and Chips for Bonnie and a Portuguese   steak for me. A little wine and back to the hotel in time for the Eastenders.



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