December 26-27, 2016
Short on sleep the night before, we left early December 26 from Walt's parents' house. His brothers and sister-in-law graciously drove us three hours to the Indianapolis airport.
Checking in went smoothly and we had time to spare before our flight departed an hour late. Fortunately, our connection in Philadelphia was not affected, and we still had time to grab some lunch before finding our gate.
A 7-something hour flight dropped us off in Munich, Germany. We had slept a little bit on the plane, but after 20 hours on the road, we were both very tired. We still explored the airport a little bit and found a gem. There before us were several reclining chairs to rest in. They weren't necessarily built for comfort, but in our sleepy states, that didn't matter. What did matter was the time. Neither of us had set an alarm, and I certainly would've slept on and on, but fortunately, Walt woke up and noticed that our plane was leaving soon! Very soon. We quickly found our gate, got our tickets, then jumped into line to board the plane.
Over Brussels, we could see night turn into day.
ha. ha. ha.
My first stamp in my new Passport! Poor Walt didn't get any.
Nap time!
A couple hours later, I was enjoying the aerial views of Lisbon, Portugal as our plane began its decent.
Once we had rented our car, a little white VW manual, we set out on the last leg of our journey: a three hour drive to Faro. To leave Lisbon, we had to cross the longest bridge I have ever seen. It felt as if we were crossing the ocean! Ok...that's a bit of an exaggeration. :)
For as long as we had daylight, which was another hour or so, we enjoyed the Portugal landscape, most of which was agricultural. Citrus trees and forests of what looked like oak and olive trees, along with the climate, reminded us of California.
We arrived in Faro, but couldn't find the building where we were staying that night. I drove around in circles...literally...for a few minutes until we stopped to ask some people at a restaurant. They also did not know which building we were looking for, but a man named Nonu called the number we'd been given. We chatted a few minutes to our new friend and a few minutes later, our host met us at the restaurant and led the way to our first stay. Our host and hostess, Miguel and Ana, are extremely friendly and welcoming.
Walt and I were exhausted but also hungry, so we ventured out to eat at a restaurant that Ana and Miguel had recommended. It was delicious. We split a meal of Dried Tuna Bruschetta along with Salted Cod and veggies.
We then drove home and went straight to bed.
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