Monday, 8 February - Lagos

Today we were in Lagos, which is only about 20km from Alvor. The town went through all the usual conquerers and traders from the Phoenicians, Romans, Germanic Tribes, Moors, etc. We toured the harbour area and the fortifications. Unfortunately, in our reading we did not focus on the fact that all the museums and churches were closed on Monday. There is one day when the towns are closed and that could be Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. We did find a nice little out of the way café and each had a ham and cheese croissant with coffee for only €2! On the way back, we went to the large supermarket and picked up some groceries. Driving is a bit of a pain with both Gail and

Guinevere telling me where to go! Who is Guinevere? Guinevere is our Garmin GPS. In Canada, our Magellan GPS is called Maggie, so we decided, because of the English accent, to name our Garmin Guinevere. For dinner we went to the Capacho where I had pork with clams and Gail had Fish Algarvean which was a filet of sole lightly breaded with Almonds. Both were delicious. We planned to have wine, so we walked into town as the maximum blood alcohol level is 0.05 and is strictly enforced. It was raining pretty hard all the way back!