Market Day

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Today was market day in Quarteira. It was a "gypsy market" although I am not sure why they call it gypsy. Anyways, lots of fresh fruit and veggies, sausages, cheeses (we bought some cheese), fish (saw some cool freshly caught eels and lots of freshly caught sardines). We also found some pastries that looked like funnel cakes so we tried one of those and it was so good we had another! Yummy! We also bought a Portuguese melon but haven't tried it yet. We walked through the town which was very nice.

Then we headed back and stopped in Pera where they were holding their annual Sand City (International Sand Castle Festival). The theme this year was music. They have artists (sand sculpture specialists) from all over the world (even a few from Canada!!) who create the works of art you will see in the photos. After walking around the sculptures for quite a while, we were all really hot, so we decided to head off for a.......yup, a beach. Unlike anywhere else we have ever been, there is literally another beach every km along. So, this time we ended up at a smaller beach called Carvoreira. It was full of Brits and was quite crowded. We stayed long enough to all (even me!) have a swim in the ocean and lay down for a while to dry off.

We then drove home and did more swimming in the pool and ate dinner. We then watched more women's Euro with the semi final of Sweden vs Germany. So far Germany is up 1-0.

Nigel tried our first bottle of Porto tonight. Yum.



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Photos

Mini car
These are everywhere. Used as delivery vehicles mostly. They're not much more than a scooter with a small car for two wrapped over top.

Backlhaus
Major menu and market item here - salted cod. If I had a clue how to prepare it, I'd by some.

Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka
On of many figures sculpted in sand at Sand City.

AC/DC
Rachel insisted we get photos of AC/DC in sand from Auntie Susan (more to come Sue).

Comments

[Elke]

Awesome sand sculptures!
I loved the saxman, Johnny Dep and Madagascar, but they are all wonderful.