Packing for a January Algarve workation: the German overreaction
What I packed from Berlin in a carry-on backpack for thirteen weeks in Fuseta, what got used every day, and the items that turned out to be the most German thing about the whole trip.
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Running and lifting through thirteen weeks of workation, past 40
What's actually possible in Fuseta, Olhão and Tavira when the body has opinions about cold mornings. A kettlebell, an open-air gym, a Ria Formosa loop, and a community workout that became the anchor of the week.
The Faro–Vila Real train as a workation tool
A regional CP line that turns the eastern Algarve into a string of working-day options. What it's actually good for, what it isn't, and the affection I developed for the staff that the timetable can't explain.
The eastern Algarve fibre reality: Fuseta, Olhão, Tavira
What the line actually does in the three towns most workationers consider. One measured stay, two short-trip observations, and the gap I won't pretend to have filled.
Working from Olhão or Fuseta: wifi, calls, and the café to skip
Where the bandwidth actually held, where a lobby is quiet enough for a call, and the café format you should learn to walk past — based on thirteen weeks of running a freelance week from a Fuseta coliving.