This trip to Portugal (to attend the Second International Conference on Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization, or EMO'03) was my first opportunity to visit this part of Europe. Faro is a city located in southern Portugal and has a beautiful architecture and lots of interesting places to visit.

The picture below (courtesy of Dr. Marc Sevaux from the University of Valenciennes, in France) was taken during a break at the University of Algarve (which hosted EMO'03). In the picture, you can see Dr. Xavier Gandibleux, Dr. Carlos Brizuela and Dr. Carlos A. Coello Coello.