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May 24th 2013
We made our way nearer to the coast and the sunshine, trying to find a campsite NEAR to the beach was a little more difficult than expected, this is Portugal so you would expect some but only 2 could we find. The decision was made to head down the coast and carry on if the description of ‘on the beach’ was inaccurate. An easy journey and as we made our way through the little streets of Fuzeta we arrived at the Camping Fuzeta. Woolly says – Georgie would have liked it here, the pitches are all flat and hard, very very hard as Ian found out when putting the tent pegs in. While Ian was hammering away Jo and I checked out the facilities, basic and pretty clean but not many of them for the number ... read more
August 16th 2012
Things didn´t exaclty go swimmingly for me in Faro. I started off sitting outside a hotel for 3 hours, waiting for a friend to arrive, as she hadn´t written my name on the reservation and although things got good in between times, they didn´t exactly end on a high note. In between times though i did mange to eat some sumptuous and very reasonably priced Portuguese tucker, as well as tuck into some very pleasing Portuguese wine and port. I had a couple of Jehovah's witnesses attempt to show me the light, which was fascinating, not least because I managed to understand almost everything. I also visited Faro´s beach which was a good day out...... read more
Faro, capital of Algarve, small but incredibly enjoyable!
Published: January 5th 2013Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Faro
April 25th 2012
Faro is a typical town of the south of Europe. A lot of buildings are white, with cobblestone streets. The center is really lovely, a lot of shops, but the way the marketplace is turn, it's really enjoyable in walk in! You arrive to the marina, a large place, with storks which build their nests on street lamp or buildings, Then, you have the historical center, surrounded by high ramparts. Inside you have a lot of old white buildings, it's gorgeous, but unfortunately it's not maintained at all...Some buildings are in poor conditions... But when you arrive to the main place, it's wonderful, with a lot of orange trees and it's very clean.You have several statues, and the main building, a church that you can visit, with the bones chapels behind who were build with the ... read more
December 30th 2010
Up sticks again and headed for Cadiz. On the way decided that we were enjoying being on the road again so much that we would try and make Faro in Portugal. Had a good run through, some beautiful scenery and some boring flat land and arrived at the town of Fusal at about 2.30pm. Chose a site, met the local Brits and had a short walk along the quayside. The site is right in the middle of the town, on the quayside, lots to see & do. Mon 27th Dec Walk into town first thing, did some food shopping & found a pharmacy. Had a look at the local church and then returned to the van & mage lunch, burger & chips. Read my book for a while, had a doze & then walked out right ... read more
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November 4th 2010
Yeah after 4 days of torrential rain it finally stopped which means it felt like we saw nothing at all of Lisbon, It gave us the impression that Lisbon was a horrible city. In continuing rain we checked out of the revolting hostel we were in which smelt of wet dog and who knows what else and went to a 2 star hotel which felt like real luxury. From there we were able to explore a 7 floor department store called Cortez Ingles where we went to the movies and saw “Life as we know it”. In Portugal the movies are’nt dubbed so they are all in English with Portugese sub titles. The movie provided light and comic entertainment and got us out of our room which was just what we needed. Next morning with the ... read more
March 7th 2010
By Kingfish March 7th 2010Portugal Trip Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Faro 011Hi guys. This is a test blog fofr our trip to portugal. I'm going to include some text and somre pictures. Actually, the pictures will be from a previous cruise that Pete,Renita, Cath & I took. Please let me know if you got this blog and if you had any problems with it or the link. I think ·I have the kinks weorked out. Don ... read more
January 5th 2010
Tuesday 5.1.2010 Day 82 Markets, Tavira, Olhao, Faro We went to the mouthy markets and got some nice fresh pine nuts. There is a lot of pine nuts farms and orange farms around here. We then drove to Tavira a little fishing village we went up to the castle. We then drove on to Olhao that has roman and Arab fortresses we then drove to Faro. ... read more
January 4th 2010
Christmas break. Nearly 3 weeks of neither school nor work, I am now able to catch up on this blog, on all writings. The Puente was essentially my first predominately heterosexual road trip since family vacations. I learned a lot about my friends and also about myself. We left sometime around 2:30 in the afternoon. In the car were Izzy, Martin, Aaron, Aaron's friend Amy, and myself. We were heading to Aranjuez to meet up with Rachel and Thomas; and from there we would head south on the A-4 into Cordoba, our first stop on the trip. I chose to ride with Rachel and Thomas in the first stretch, even though I was technically pitching in €'s for the rental and gas for the other car. I enjoyed my time greatly with Rachel and Thomas. We ... read more
November 14th 2009
So Company have got me my flight from Lisbon to Lyon on the 16/12/2009. All i have to do is get the train to Lisbon and catch the flight. This is a 4 month photo shoot in the resort of Valmeinier (france). so watch this space :)... read more
