Rain, rain go away!

It was our last day in the Algarve and I was really hoping for a little sunshine but we woke up to another dreary day. The rain paused briefly in the early afternoon so we headed out to do a couple of errands. A Portuguese woman stopped to tell me that a bad storm was coming and that it was going to “rain like cats and sardines”! I hadn’t heard that version before. On the Main Street we came across a small bakery/cafe and enjoyed the most delicious pastries....tea, Americano coffee (not espresso), and two pastries cost only €4. Now we had to walk off all those calories so I found a different, longer walk back. Although I heard some grumbling, John did enjoy the new uphill challenge with beautiful coastal scenery. We did get some showers during our walk and the “cats and sardines” came later in the evening along with some lightning but no worse than usual. Czytaj więcej