Today we decided to explore The Strip. We did the grocery shopping first and brought it home and then walked downtown and caught the little train again.
We got off at one end of the strip and walked along one side and back on the other side. It is one long series of bars and restaurants frequented by marauding groups of men and women here for a weekend of boozing and enjoying the last weekend before getting married.
We stopped at an Italian restaurant run by South Asians. The waiter apologized for wearing gloves. This has been in place at many restaurants in the last 24 hours. We wanted to share one medium pizza, but that wasn’t so easy as you had to buy one and automatically get one free. The waiter wouldn’t hear of us only buying one so we had to have two. Couldn’t eat both of them, of course, so what a sad waste of food. While we were eating we saw the strange sight of a man walking along the street wearing only the tiniest of thongs. He passed us by before I could get my camera out. At least he was slim with good muscle definition. Many of the men sitting outside on terraces were overweight and inclined to sit drinking their beers topless. I didn’t take photos as I didn’t want you all throwing up over your shoes! Not a pretty sight.
On to pleasanter things… We picked up the train again and went back to the civilized part of town.
Many of the buildings in the Algarve have these minarets on the roofs. They are a throw back to the time of the Moors. They were originally chimneys but now they serve only as decorations.
Saw this lovely tree and it reminded me of our trip some years ago to San Francisco and Union Square which was full of these trees. No idea what they are called.
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