Portugal pensions

On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:40:22 -0300, jimmy wrote:

On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:29:50 +0200, "M@gd@" wrote:

On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:21:02 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, "tim...."
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

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... "David Horne" wrote in message
... ...
... jimmy wrote:
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... About 25 years ago I travelled extensively in Portugal. When I would
... get off a bus or train generally there would be locals waiting for
... people like me and they would want to show me rooms in their houses
... which they rented out. Does anyone have more recent experience with
... this?
...
... The last time I did this in Portugal was in Lagos in May 2007. There was
... no one at the train station, but we walked into town and were approached
... by a woman who asked if we were interested in a room. We followed her a
... few blocks to her flat, and were very pleased with it and stayed there
... three nights. As always, use your own judgement.
...
... It still seems the norm in the Greek islands.
...
... Personally, I prefer not to use them because they are the cheaper end of the
... market and whilst there is nothing fundamentally wrong with the rooms I
... prefer the facilities provided in a 40 Euro room than a 10 Euro one (that's
... off season rates, my opinion might change if I was paying high season rates.
... But as the Greek islands suffer from a summer fault that I always avoid
... enduring if possible, I wont be going there in high summer)

What is a summer fault?


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It sounds much better in French, but then, everything does.

The french have a different word for everything...

Tout?

On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 08:36:25 -0700, Irwell wrote:

On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:40:22 -0300, jimmy wrote:

On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:29:50 +0200, "M@gd@" wrote:

On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:21:02 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, "tim...."
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

...
... "David Horne" wrote in message
... ...
... jimmy wrote:
...
... About 25 years ago I travelled extensively in Portugal. When I would
... get off a bus or train generally there would be locals waiting for
... people like me and they would want to show me rooms in their houses
... which they rented out. Does anyone have more recent experience with
... this?
...
... The last time I did this in Portugal was in Lagos in May 2007. There was
... no one at the train station, but we walked into town and were approached
... by a woman who asked if we were interested in a room. We followed her a
... few blocks to her flat, and were very pleased with it and stayed there
... three nights. As always, use your own judgement.
...
... It still seems the norm in the Greek islands.
...
... Personally, I prefer not to use them because they are the cheaper end of the
... market and whilst there is nothing fundamentally wrong with the rooms I
... prefer the facilities provided in a 40 Euro room than a 10 Euro one (that's
... off season rates, my opinion might change if I was paying high season rates.
... But as the Greek islands suffer from a summer fault that I always avoid
... enduring if possible, I wont be going there in high summer)

What is a summer fault?


=====
It sounds much better in French, but then, everything does.

The french have a different word for everything...

Tout?

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