Faro in Sunshine

This will be short - am hunched over a sidetable in corridor of rinky-dink hotel in Almôdovar, in the Alentejo, with M on duty beside me repeatedly pressing the light switch and stray men looking weirdly at us - as only place there is (poor) internet connectivity... the things one does to do one's daily Blip...

Today: breakfast in a flat without seeing anyone; coffee on a sunny pavement in central Faro; shopping in huge, and beautiful Mall, including a Portuguese SIM card for my phone (no good texting it now) and M emotional among the tools when he thought of Zion; picnic of local bread, cheese, tomato, olive oil, wine and oranges overlooking sea in Praia de Faro; walk along spit of sand through muddy marshes; and a meandering drive through hills and stunning skies (see extra) to this ancient Moorish town in the Alentejo.