We caught the bus out of Seville loading at platform 13. Yes indeed, we thought this might be a forewarning of grave danger ahead. lol Low and behold our accommodation in Lagos was something of a disaster and our first unfortunate experience with Airbnb bookings. As picture indicates the outside of the building was under some major renovation. As a result our unit was very dusty, smelled of paint and even worse the scaffolding, netting and local labour force were right outside our window (making it uncomfortable to walk around in ones undies). Lucky for us we had met a lady at the arrivals area of the bus station in Lagos who had given glowing reviews of a great apartment where they had stayed; fortune smiled as this provided us an alternative location so desperately needed.
View from our kitchen windowWe are in historic Lagos, toured the museum and Church of Santo Antonio rebuilt in the early 18th century, with gilded carvings covering the altar and sidewalls. No pics allowed, but as with most amazing views, impossible to capture with a camera.
Can you name the big eyed fish?
Start of our walk along cliffs surrounding the city
Although it looks like I'm on the beach, we are actually hundreds of feet above the ocean.
Interesting rock formations and grottoes.
In the far far distance, beyond the cliffs is the southwest tip of Europe, Cabo Sao Vincent, early Portuguese called "O Fim do Mundo" (the end of the world). From Cape St. Vincent you can see the cliff tops in Morocco. We didn't hike that far, just content to know it was so close.
The coastline has many beaches, small and private....but look at the steps, easy going down!!
We started the day in 8c temperature. We've been travelling in multiple layers to accommodate the changing weather so we were very happy to gradually remove 3 layers throughout the afternoon. Who can complain about 25c!
This week concludes on what appears to be the arrival of an early summer and as they say at Camp Granada...
"Wait a minute, its stopped raining. Guys are swimming, gals are sailing
Playing baseball, gee that's bettah. Muddah, Faddah kindly disregard this letter!"
2 comments:
Bill's hair looks a little long; he must have missed the Barber of Seville
BTW... that was Tom posting from my account above, haha... I always call him over when I finish reading of your exploits ;) ... what beautiful scenery in Lagos... looks like your weather is getting warmer, too... shame about the first bnb... you sure made up for it with the replacement, though... any plans on taking the ferry to that perdition called Tangier (as per Mark Twain) in Morocco ;) ... you can really rock the casbah there... like for real, man, hahaha... keep sending great notes about your trip!
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