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RE: Luxury Bucket List in the land of Steemfest: Exploring the Algarve! [Portugal]
Great post, as always!
It's funny, even 20 years ago, the Algarve was already starting to become a giant colony of northern European expats with a sprinkling of token Portuguese thrown in. What's worse, it was also becoming a "get away" place for even more expats living on Spain's Costa del Sol (my parents lived there-- ugh)... all a bunch of people bring with them everything they claimed they wanted to get AWAY from, back home.
Ironic, no?
Parts of the coast are really beautiful, though... if you can get yourself far enough away from lobster red Germans pickling on the beach. And Vale do Lobo at least was gorgeous, at one time... but I'm old and that was 1982-ish...
I 100% recognize that! Especially when we talk about Albufeira, man, I hated that place! So trailer-trash. But I DO understand why all these people came down there: good weather, beautiful beaches and stunning nature, what's not to like (besides the tourists haha)?! Haha don't worry, I don't judge people by age, more by the stories they have to tell, so you're good there.