Elizabeth and I found our own niche within the DiscoverSevilla trip to Lagos, Portugal. We explored the more secluded praias with gorgeous caves and rock formations and hiked the cliffs back to the estación de bomberos. We also enjoyed a traditional portuguese dinner with the group, I had a deliciously tender rumproast topped off with Iberian ham and incircled with patatas fritas swimming in "traditional portuguese" sauce and Elizabeth was very happy with her swordfish. Not bad...I think I could start making white fish a part of my diet...I am happy with the balance we create for ourselves this weekend, of hangin with the loud crowd of 500 and discovering the city and beaches tandem. Saturday morning, we camped out in a spot at Meia Praia and had the vast space to ourselves, and also found a public pool/bathhouse and rest to grab a bite at. Sunday, off to our private boat tour of the Grottos...we experienced first-hand how Portugal's economy is really about to fall...for 30 euros we got on the Atlantica with the friendly captain and hopsitable tour guide at our disposable. Anchored near the Ponta de Piedade for Zab to jump off the boat and swim for a bit and transfered to a dingy boat to get up close and enter the caves. The food in the rests and supermarkets was DIRT cheap too...didn't want to go back to Spain! Haha I got a thrill from reading and understanding Portuguese--Learning Spanish has made me so much more worldy, not just conscious of Spanish cultures. We also traveled to the End of The Earth with the group Saturday night, I guess that means we don't exist, hah. Cabo Sao Vicente was gorgeous, though the wind threatened to give us an even closer-up vies of the sides of the cliffs and the water. Ohh, the wind in Portugal--Ridiculous! Chilly Northern winds picked up a day before we arrived and lasted the weekend. Between that and the clouds lined up to block the sun, the weather was cooler than Sevilla during the week, ironically enough, but I still managed to get a bit of a base burn on Mayday.