A Day At The Beach

 

O Farol da Barra

Finally, for the first time since I arrived, Denise took me to the beach. It is about 11k from our house, a 15 minute drive. Of course, since we don't have a car (OMG, how can they live like that?!!!), we took an Uber for a cost of about €9 each way.

We went to Praia da Barra and took the Uber to the lighthouse. It is the tallest lighthouse in Portugal and the 2nd tallest on the Iberian peninsula. At least that is what my wife says, and you can fact check Denise if you have the guts.

Walking out to the beautiful white sand beach after being shut in for so long was exhilarating.  It is very fine sand and the beach was clean... no trash. Of course, after months of lockdown, it's cleanliness will have to be gauged after it has seen some use.

A ways down the beach is a breakwater and Denise took a look off the end.

It was a warm day (low 70's), but by the afternoon it had cooled off, as clouds came in.

Eventually, the day came to it's end. We weren't able to enjoy any of the restaurants that would normally be open at the beach. And since it was getting cooler, we didn't visit the well known Costa Nova, with it's colorful striped houses, but we will leave that for another day.

For now, I am very happy we had a day at the beach.