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Portugal – expectations vs. reality
Hi all! Finally it is time to review our Portugal trip and see, whether my expectations were met or not. Before our trip, I wrote this post about my expectations towards this trip. In case you missed the post, go ahead and read it now! I had visited Portugal once before, and I mainly formed my expectations based on that visit back in 2019. I wrote about the weather, activities and daily life, cost of living, food and finally about the culture, language and people. In this post I will go through all these categories and summarize, how the expectations were actually met. This is a nice review for me…
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What to see in the Algarve? – part 2
Hi there! As promised, I am back with the second part of my Algarve recommendations. Today I’m going to take you to Loulé, Olhão, Vale do Lobo and Carvoeiro. Hope you enjoy! PS. As I am writing this, there is a thunderstorm outside. We were lucky and had an exceptional January and February, as it was not raining at all and the temperature hit 20-22 celcius degrees for many days, but now in March the weather has completely changed; it is raining a lot and temperatures stay under 20 degrees! Hopefully we can still enjoy some sunny days before heading back to Finland (which by the way is already in…
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Portugal – expectations
Hi there! In this post I am going to write about my expectations towards our stay in Portugal. I thought it would be nice to write down some expectations now, as it will be interesting to see how these expectations will match the reality. We will be staying in Portugal for three months, therefore my expectations differ quite a lot from a two week beach holiday’s expectations, for example. This time, the purpose is to just go and live normal life, but of course taking all out of the experience by exploring the area and country as much as possible. Below some expectations that come to my mind spontaneously regarding…
