Day 1 Bristol, England to Faro, Portugal; Wednesday 25 July 2001

Bright sunny day, excellent departure from Bristol: very smooth, fantastic flight over, on time, snacks and drinks served, but delayed arrival of baggage and a hell of an "Eva" bus driver..."10 minutes for your next one" and off he went without picking anybody up...Eventually I was dropped off near to Hotel Ainacir, Faro (took about 20 mins from aeroport)into a physically jumbled urban environment - crowded, nice room with air conditioning at excellent value. Breakfast in four mins at 0730, trees look dead thirsty, massive thick palms, bath, bit of TV-lack of welfare care for elderly Germans in Majorca, couldn't find train station last night, problemo not speakee lingo.

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