Our poor car was carted off last night, and we were picked up by a taxi to go home. That was like, actually, 3:00 am this morning. The taxi ride was crazy! First of all, it was a Mercedes hatchback thing, and he was driving 130 km/h … on tiny little mountain town roads. He was following our GPS, and I think it was having trouble keeping up. Basically we were home in 2 minutes.
The irritation continued when we finally called Europcar back to see when our replacement car would arrive. There answer was as informative as last night : Oh, we didn't know you had a problem. Our computer shows you still have your car.
So they sent the taxi back for me and Lauren to take us to the next town where they had a new car for us. Haha it was the same taxi, same driver, wearing the same bulky sweater. And away we went!
The nice lady at the Europcar in the next town was like: where's your car? Why are you here, I didn't know anyone was coming?
But! We left the GPS cable in the other car, we realized today. Grrr. Thus began the most difficult hunt of the day: where is the Octavia? It was nowhere. No one knew where it went. Finally we got word that it arrived in Faro and we could go retrieve our things. Sounds simple enough, but somehow the car wasn't there when we asked the less-than-friendly man at the desk. His shoulder shrugs weren't exactly improving mine & Lauren's glares, and magically the tow truck pulls in just as he's on the phone. Yay!
It was a bummer it took us ALL DAY to get this worked out. We're most bummed that we couldn't meet Peter & Anna for service, since Lauren had an appointment to visit the one lady again. So we will meet them for coffee tonight to say goodbye. And then we're off to Lisbon in the morning. We will be at Bethel with "Uncle" Al and "Aunt" Pat for lunch, and then we'll probably check out another castle in Sintra. We're hoping to get some bacalhau, since we've been spared the experience the entire trip.
What will you miss about the Algarve?
(Corey) The mountains, and the ocean. And all the pleasant Dutch people... okay, mainly just Watson.
(Lauren) Meia de leite, and $2 bottles of wine.
(Nicole) Not the weather. But definitely Robs and Watson.
Quotes?
(Lauren) Its not Friday, its not thirteen. But its still a bad day.
(Keri) The car is not arrived until this moment.
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