It does sound like quite the fun journey! I love researching and having a list of places I wanna visit, but during our trip, we also ended up discovering so many hidden jewels just because we decided to take a few hours and just walk around. Discovering another country, whether by foot or car, is such an intoxicating feeling!
I feel you on the rest too though. I love vacations but I dread airports. The airport in Lisbon was pure chaos. I'm not even sure how I managed to find my gate on time 🤣
P.S. I'd love to be in your parents place for those few weeks! We're stuck with cold weather here 😅
Faro airport is worse but that was awhile ago and the refurb is probably finished.