One Flight Down, One More To Go

After a restless nap, we get a nice breakfast. Some much needed coffee, orange slices with strawberries and some meat slices and cheese. Enough to satisfy and get the day started. I believe that we are 5 hours ahead of home.

The EES machines are a failure for me. I waited in line for 45 minutes for it to tell me to go to manual passport control. Laura is still not through. Laura also had to go to manual customs after waiting in line. So a 2 for 2 fail. We only have a half hour till boarding.

Well we made it on the second flight. This flight is on a smaller plane. Business class is 2 tight seats and economy is 3 sardine cans across. It is only a 2 hour flight, I will survive. They serve a light lunch of I think seafood and polenta. Tasty.

We land and grab our luggage. Now here is one for the record books. I always pack carry-on, so I don't have to wait for luggage. This time I checked my carry-on along with Laura's checked bag. I am actually glad that I did. With the long line up for the EES system and the short time for the lay over, I'm glad that I didn't have to lug all my luggage. Also in Portugal both the debarkcation and embarkation were done on the airport ground with busses taking you to the terminal.

We take a taxi to the hotel and check in. It is a nice room. We are here for 4 nights of fun. Time for some dinner and wine. They eat later here with restaurants opening at 7:00 PM.

Laura found a place called Berete. It is a small tapas bar not far from where we are. Completely gluten free for Kitten. Tapas is a style of eating where you order small plates and share them. We ordered a variety and some we liked and some we didn't. The wine was very good though. We meandered the streets after and made our way back to the hotel. I went to pick up a wine for the room (long day) and met a couple from Toronto at the bar. Small world. Anyway, time for bed because we have been up since 7:00 AM on Friday.Read more