Name: Sao Rafael Atlantico Resort and the Dreamy Beaches of Albufeira, Portugal
Uploaded: 2020-09-09T20:15:50.000Z
Duration: 10 min 33 s
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Past simple

I don't know how this happened but I got an upgrade!

I already had a pool view room reserved but they said, "Guess what? You're upgraded to a suite!"

I was like, "What!?". It's probably because they're not that maybe but I'm not complaining.

I'm very, very happy. It is such a nice hotel.

There's so much to do here... well, not that much, but there's a variety of things to do here.

I just wanted to show you the room real quick because it's pretty kick ass.

Everything is controlled with the key card. You have to put your key card in to light up everything

and have all the outlets working and the lights.

Over here is the nice pool view. It looks amazing.

Past that is supposed to be the beach which I am very excited to see.

This is the shower. They have one of those nice rain showers things which is always good. Pretty big.

Rituals. The ritual of happy Buddha. Sounds very zen-like.

There's a separate room for the toilet over here

and then i thought that was it...  and there's also some towels.

I thought that was the one bathroom  that we would have

but turns out that there's another bathroom area in here

This is the bedroom and then over here is another bathroom and sink area

so there's two sinks and then more toiletries and another dryer

Aww, I just noticed this. Look.  They put the tissue in a bow.

How very sweet. I love it when they do  cute, clever things like that.

In here, there's a very large closet with plenty of room for us to hang clothes if we want to.

There's some extra pillows and a safe,  which is always good to have.

Looks like a kettle up there and a fridge where there's not much room but it's there if you need it.

My friend, Stephanie, is going to come in a bit and we're not going to want to be that close to each other

so housekeeping is going to separate that for us.

The beds are small and I wish  they were a tad bigger but  oh well.

They said every room is like that when there's two beds.

They also gave us two robes and slippers. Slippers are always nice.

We've got some coffee. Oh cool, it's Nespresso.  Love the Nespresso.

They have a really nice welcome message here that says, "Welcome, Mrs. Crystal Behrends. Enjoy your stay!"

We've got a patio on that side from our living room and this is from our bedroom.

How gorgeous. Looks like a nice day today too.

Look at those nice views. Lots of palm trees.  Kind of reminds me of Florida.

They gave us this little brochure of information.

They've got three places where you can eat. The restaurant, a chill-out bar and a pool bar.

The chill-out bar is on the rooftop and they have live music from 6:30 to midnight so that's pretty nice.

They have a buffet restaurant and  breakfast is included so we'll get some free breakfast tomorrow.

They also have an al a carte restaurant. You just have to make reservations.

They have a spa, a gym and the pool obviously.

That's the room in Albufeira.  I feel like I'm not saying that right.

Alba... Alba-fure-ira. Alba-feera? Alba-fura?

Anyway, I'm going to figure it out by the end of this trip.

This room so lovely. I'm so happy that they upgraded us and I'm sure Stephanie is going to really love this too.

I'm just ready to relax and enjoy this two-night stay here and I'm very excited about the beach.

We're going to go to the beach and/or pool. It's actually a lot cooler here than we thought.

This morning it was 64 degrees and right now, it's 74 degrees. I just assumed it to be 80 or 90 degrees.

Alright, got our towels and we're going to the beach first. go to the beach first.

I haven't seen any Americans. We're like the only Americans in this town or something.

I'm excited about that.  I was looking for something really European.

And I let you pick this town. I was just going to Algarve for a few days.

I know. You told me about Algarve, so I looked more into it and there's different cities

but this was the one that seemed like the most quiet I felt like.

but that was a mistake because apparently, it's a huge party town at night

I was looking at the Instagram Stories  related to my location

and everybody on the street... well, in New Town.

New Town is a super big party street and lots of Irish pubs.

Irish pubs galore, so I was quite surprised that was so we started doing some research on it

and found out that there's a thriving nightlife here.

You can go for lunch but a lot of places aren't opening until 6:00 to 8:30 tonight.

The party doesn't really start until 1:00 AM.

Yeah, we're not going to be doing that but we will be experiencing a little bit of it.

What attracted me to this location was the pictures of this beach.

I wanted easy access and this seemed like the best place to do it so that's why I chose Albufeira.

Oh, somebody's nude right there. Is this a nude area?

Yes, there's lots of topless woman here. Okay.

I had this conversation with my German friends about it.

It's just the culture. It's just the way it is.

Whereas in the U.S., it's just not accepted like it is here.

This is it. We're going to choose right here.

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Sao Rafael Atlantico Resort and the Dreamy Beaches of Albufeira, Portugal

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