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Bus to the Algarve region of Portugal to the coastal town of Olhao set in an estuary, back water area near the Atlantic Ocean. Checked into a lovely Pensione with antique portuguese furniture (and shared toilet!). Fresh fish for dinner. A noisy night though as the locals make Friday nights a big one. The best portuguese tart I have ever had and wandered the fresh produce and seafood market on the waterfront, buying ingredients for tonights salad and fish dinner consisting of “Dourada” or sea bream which the man gutted and scaled for me. The group then caught a local passenger ferry to the Island with a beach facing the Atlantic which was just beautiful. Freezing water but lovely sunshine and warmth. Settled in for a long lunch at the only restaurant and tried cuttlefish in black ink and grouper…both delicious. Everyone prepared dinner in the pensione kitchen and Jaime made a big bowl of his Sangria…