We were ready to get back to hunkering down in a “quiet” town and doing a lot of nothing. We noticed an uptick in “revenge tourism” in the large cities as the COVID-19 pandemic wound down (Madrid and Lisbon were overwhelmed with sightseers). We chose the town of Lagos, which was not yet on the tourist hit list. With the town being empty, we snagged a modern Airbnb with little damage to the budget. In Europe, we had been focused on booking centrally-located places (on the cheap) with mixed results. In Lagos, we landed a centrally-located, multi-story townhouse with a modern kitchen and a “proper” washing machine. We took the top floor, the kids took the middle and we hung out on the bottom! We had oodles of space. This set the stage for a fantastic week of us “living our best life”.

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