We’re back in Lisbon! And it’s raining! After checking into our hotel we headed uphill to the Mouraria neighborhood (the “place of the Moors”) which we were introduced to on our food tour and got lunch at Tasquinho Canto do Fado, a small hole in the wall known for its Fado music.
We chartered a boat ride this morning to see the dramatic Lagos coast from the sea. We had hoped to be able to actually enter some of the grottos, but the sea was to rough today to allow boats to safely enter.
We joined the @KaleidoscopeApp@mastodon.social team – @catlan@mastodon.social, @flo_muc@mastodon.social, and Michael – for dinner at Camilo Restaurante which overlooks Ponte da Piedade. The scenery, conversation, and the food were all fantastic. I’m so glad they invited us.
Current status: Sitting by the pool, taking in the scenery, and watching them raise and lower the pedestrian drawbridge so that masted yachts can access the marina. (São João, Faro, Portugal)
The sun was setting as we finished dinner, so we watched the Sun drop below the horizon, then headed back to our hotel in Lagos.
To eat Perceves, you snap the shell like you might a crab leg to remove half the shell and expose the meat. Then you tug at the meat with your front teeth until it comes free from the other side of the shell. It’s not a meal to order when you’re in a hurry!
We had dinner at Restaurante Castelejo while waiting for sunset, and I learned how to eat “Perceves”, or barnacles. Yes, barnacles. They’re actually quite good. Our waitress said “they taste like the sea”, and she was right. I’d say they taste like mussels, but a bit more saline.