I could share about the barking dog nearby that I couldn't trace but seems to respond to almost every single passerby. Welcome to Portugal!

Oh my God! Ha ha ha. Sounds like my place on the island. Hey that is a beautiful town tho!

The contrast with the peace and calm of the countryside, especially at night, is HUGE and I'm a sensitive fellow.

I feel the same. The sounds and everything are magnified 10x for HSP who lives alone. I know this very well. It makes me hangry too ha ha ha.