IanHi all! Today was my travel day to Portugal! It was a very long day, but fun! Follow along to see how it goes!
So today started nice and early! We finished work last night at 2200 then had to get up at 0430! But well worth it! I woke up at 0410! Here is a short vlog explaining the day!
My friend’s Dad picked us up and got us to the airport. I forgot how long it actually took to get to Heathrow! It was quite busy but I guess that’s to be expected being a Monday morning! We arrived at 0710 and didn’t have that much time, we did stop at the club house though it was awesome!
The gates opened at 0835 and it was a quick turn around. It was also something new as we had to get a bus to the plane! We had business class so we got to board first. It’s a bit weird! Here is our plane:
We got on the plane and settled in for the flight. There was slight a delay due to the weather in Portugal, it was misty so we had to sit on the runway for about 40 minutes. It’s a bit strange as I feel if we knew it was delayed perhaps we should have waited in the terminal but never mind! Here’s our breakfast:
We managed to make up some time in the air, the flight was about 2hrs 20 minutes which wasn’t too bad. To my surprise though, we were in the same timezone! I thought Portugal was an hour ahead! They share the same timezone as the UK which really confused me! Anyway, we offloaded and got through security, there was a bit of a queue for about 40 minutes or so. We decided to sit in the airport with a Starbucks and wait as we were near check-in time at the hotel. Although they got my name wrong!
We grabbed an Uber and headed to the hotel as we were both tired and needed a bit of rest. The drive to the hotel was about 30 minutes although the driver did go the wrong way twice! But we safely got there and boy it was impressive! Here is the room tour for my room:
Once we had settled in and unpacked we decided we wanted to go out for a bit of a walk around the area and it was impressive! We saw the sea which was a bit choppy and the history in the city was brilliant! Here are a few pictures from our walk:
Finally, we headed to a local supermarket for a few snacks for our stay at the hotel as it is quite expensive here! It was great little shop and we did get our dinner too!
With that all done we headed back to the hotel and chilled for the evening! Overall it has been an exhausting day but a good day! Tomorrow, we head to Europe’s largest aquarium which will be awesome! So, see you tomorrow!
