Figuera Beach - or lucky us

For a day trip we went to Figuera beach to meet with the Austrian family we met in Silves. As usual we had a slow morning and Jaro was sleeping when we arrived at the car park. So it took us some time to actually get to the beach, cause we let him sleep and then had some food before making our way down. It’s a 15 min walk through the bush, along a river and next to some cliffs. The beach is beautiful. Few people (even for a Saturday) and crystal clear water. We had a good time and the babies were happy to see each other (it seemed).

Going back to the parking lot we all were in a super good mood. But there was a surprise waiting for us. Someone broke into our friend’s van and stole laptops and all valuables. Our van was as locked as ever. It was a shock to everyone but I’m still impressed how rational these guys reacted. I’m sure my day(s or weeks) thereafter would have been marked by stress and disbelief. We were so lucky our day started this slow and it’s quite possible they broke into the van while we were just in ours. I remember saying to Nick “Oh, are our friends here?” after hearing some noise, but we thought, if they’d be here they’d come to knock on our door, so we just decided the sounds we heard must have been something else. Not in my dreams I’d assumed it was someone breaking in. What would have happened if we’d went to knock on their door?
Well, maybe the breaking in also happens before we were there. Anyway - we were just so incredibly lucky and I know our friends are ok and they took it with such a grown-up “well, nothing we can do about it; luckily we have an insurance for this”.
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