Lagos, Portugal – Day 64 (Rental Car, Restoration of Independence Day, Decathlon, Martial Arts Class, and Pingo Doce)

by Eric | Dec 1, 2021 | 1st 100 Days of Retirement

Day 64 (Wednesday, December 1, 2021) Costs for the Day are in the Table below: Today, I woke up at 8:00am and had a cup of coffee. We reserved a rental car from economycarrentals.com for pick up at 9am about 18 minutes away from our apartment. I checked to make sure...

Lagos, Portugal – Day 63 (Surfing Praia do Tonel, Caffe Espresso, Qwazi Hamburgueria, Tibi, and Pingo Doce)

by Eric | Nov 30, 2021 | 1st 100 Days of Retirement

Day 63 (Tuesday, November 30, 2021) Costs for the Day are in the Table below: I woke up at 5:30am, had a cup of coffee and granola and then packed up my surf gear. I walked a few blocks to meet up with Dom and then we drove out to the west coast to check the surf. The...

Lagos, Portugal – Day 62 (Online Shopping, Cashier’s Checks from USAA, Checking Travel Insurance coverage for the UK/Ireland, and Airbnb’s for the London/Suffolk in the UK)

by Eric | Nov 29, 2021 | 1st 100 Days of Retirement

Day 62 (Monday, November 29, 2021) Costs for the Day are in the Table below: Today, I slept in and woke up at 9am. I made a warm cup of coffee and did a bit of writing. I also did some laundry and listened to ABC World News Tonight with David Muir detailing the...

Lagos, Portugal – Day 61 (Hiper China Returns, Intermarche, Breakfast with Sofie and Romain, Surfing at Beliche, and Dinner at Luca’s Rooftop)

by Eric | Nov 29, 2021 | 1st 100 Days of Retirement

Day 61 (Sunday, November 28, 2021) Costs for the Day are in the Table below: I woke up at 8am and had a coffee and a snack. Then I biked over to Hiper China to return a few items from yesterday. (Credit: 18.35 EUR) I was a little too gung ho with my decoration buying....

Lagos, Portugal – Day 60 (Running Errands – Intermarche Groceries, Hiper China, etc. Bi Lunch at Mar and Clifftop hike)

by Eric | Nov 27, 2021 | 1st 100 Days of Retirement

Day 60 (Saturday, November 27, 2021) Costs for the Day are in the Table below: Today, I woke up at 8am, made a cup of coffee and had some granola for breakfast. I listened to the news on the new Omicron Covid variant out of South Africa and the significant drop in the...

Lagos, Portugal – Day 59 (Surfing Praia do Tonel and Mayday Algarve Dog Shelter)

by Eric | Nov 26, 2021 | 1st 100 Days of Retirement

Day 59 (Friday, November 26, 2021) Costs for the Day are in the Table below: Today I woke up at 5:30am and had a simple breakfast of toast and jam with coffee. Then I packed up my surf gear and walked a few blocks to meet up with Dom and Beth to drive to Praia do...