It hasn't stopped raining all day, my Algarve best buy has been an umbrella. When Jan and I went on holiday we used to encounter all sorts of disasters, we flew out to Cyprus on the day after 9/11 only a 12 hour delay, we experienced a sandstorm from the Sahara in Gran Canaria, we had a hurricane and floods in Key West. I always blamed Jan for these experiences because they never happened to me before I met her but I take it all back, the Algarve is now experiencing the most severe rain in a generation in fact water is coming up through the drains and the TV is full of flood new.
I made the mistake of eating in a tourist oriented  restaurant last night, expensive and not very good, I've been to a local bakers for breakfast and a local bar for lunch, cheap, cheerful and a 100% improvement. Living and learning.