Warren Sparrow: Tui and Parque Vocacional Eden day 3

20 February 2022

Tui and Parque Vocacional Eden day 3

Woke up and Still exhausted. I dream of a good night sleep not interrupted by people passing in the passage talking at the top of their lungs or from people dragging their suitcases across the front entrance before reception.

But it is a nice sunny day, a little overcast, but still warm. I decided to do a quick load of washing before breakfast which took exactly 47 minutes. The cost is 3.50 euro and you do not need to put in any detergent as this is done automatically.

Time for breakfast and like normal this was excellent.

We decided to take a leisurely stroll throught the gardens and have a bit of an explore of the hotel that we had not seen before.

As we approached the chess set we had to have a quick 2 games before we could continue.

Walking around we found the various pools and solariums.

The weather report said it is was going to rain after lunch, so some of us decided to go siteseeing and the other three decided to stay and either read a book or go swimming.

The walk took about 20 minutes to get into town, which was not bad. We had not been to this part before. It was an older part and off the tourist track. It was beautiful to see the old Fort, the cannons and even see people waiting for the boats to come on with their fresh catch of the day.

After the walk and lunch, I went to speak to Linda, the local Tui representative. She really was great. She knows about the local area and can advise you on travel, sites and restaraunts. I really wish the Tui reps could stay longer at each hotel, but I realise we have to share them between a number of hotels.

She has given us advice on where to eat and we will try that tomorrow.

This evening's supper had either a Mexican or Greek theme, depending on which board you looked at. The food was good, bit the Italian theme has been the favourite this far.