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[quote=Anonymous]We are in Portugal.

Left Dulles Friday night 4/8. We gave ourselves 3+ hours and breezed through security around 7:15 PM. There were no lines anywhere. (Note to self: Leave next Spring Break late Friday night again)

Arrived Lisbon airport, where the queue for passport control was 2 hours and 45 min. Then one checked bag didn't make it, which took another hour to sort out. (There are some changes taking place here with one police unit taking over the passport control units so we were told they are woefully understaffed.)

We spent another 1.5 hours at Lisbon airport the next day trying to get our hands on the lost bag that had made it on another flight in. Folks working at the airport are trying hard, but the process is a little convoluted. There was almost a mini riot by a bunch of people trying to get their hands on their bags, and we were all crowdsourcing advice on how to navigate the system.

Haven't left Portugal yet. Had a mini myocardial infarction trying to book COVID-19 tests through one service which was totally booked, and us having to drive 2.5 hours out of the way to get to a site that has availability. Then found another service that should be OK (fingers crossed). Will report back on outbound adventures, and how long the line is to get back in at Dulles.

It was chillier earlier in the week, but today was sunny and 70 and a gorgeous day for a boat ride. I've been to other parts of Portugal before, but am now in love with Algarve. [/quote]

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