Blogs from Algarve, Portugal, Europe - page 15

November 1&2: It's amazing the pretties things that you're all consumed with; like this time last year all my worries were about my boyfriend, my physics grade, if my semi formal dance dress looked good and if people liked me...traveling has put so much viewpoint in my life. I now understand that a misses turn on a map or a eating too many French fries (the answers is always inevitable "yes") is not (by any means) the end of the world, it's simply an addition to my life, to my journey. And right now, my journey through life is and has been exceptional. I mean, I'm currently sitting on a bus going through the Algarve in southern Portugal, having just visited the town of Taviera, where there was a castle and gorgeous bridges. This Morning I ... read more

Day 36 25th September 2013 Lux : Camping – Turiscampo Algarve Steve was a lazy sod this morning and stayed in bed while I went out for a run. It was just a plain boring run, no exciting adventure today, unlike yesterday. On returning I was going to participate in aqua aerobics in the campsite pool, but I chickened out because I was scared that all the oldies would be better than me. Instead Steve and I went for a bike ride into town as we needed to get some food shopping. Sometimes food shopping is a chore but today it was very exciting, the supermarcardo ‘Spa’ was full of English goodies, hobnobs, lays crisps, pot noddle, Heinz baked beans this list goes on, the only thing I was allowed to buy was some squash/cordial which ... read more

It has now been 1 yr since I moved to Portugal so I thought about writing a summary of what has happened, how things have been and what I'm thinking about the future. Those of you who are waiting for the blog post about my trip to Morocco (including Moroccan mafia, robbery by me, stoned babies and typical etch style adventures), this will follow in the near future. So, September 2012 I decided to move to Portugal and as always, time has flown by crazily quick. One full yr in Tavira has been eventful and at times challenging. I made an effort early on to make friends, join a gym, etc as having a social life is important to stop us from going insane. I also decided to take Portuguese lessons from the 1st week, something ... read more

Oh where oh where has my little phone gone... Oh where or where can it be? First time ever while traveling and I've lost my iPhone. Which is in a case that also has my debit and credit cards. Oops. Thankfully I keep my passport separate and even my cash elsewhere but still discouraging to think I've lost it. Last time I had it was on the coach, and I had dozed off so when we arrived I grabbed my stuff quickly. The hotel phoned my TD for me and they get back from an optional dinner at 9:30 so I'm waiting until then to either breath a sigh of relief or panic. Boo. Either way its terribly distracting to say the least. So here I sit nibbling on fresh grape tomatoes, nuts and crackers I ... read more

We left Cascais on Friday afternoon for an overnight sail down to Lagos. It was all very pleasant with good winds until I noticed at about 2am that my front port and starboard navigation lights were not working. I duly plodded down to the bow clutching my new bulb and discovered that the previous owner had broken the bulb fitting in the light housing and instead of going to the expense of replacing it had soldered the bulb directly to the wires……….I love that man, can’t wait to meet him again. We had to sail through the night without port and starboard lights so I switched the steaming mast light on just to ensure we could at least be seen from the front. Picked up some good winds in the morning and rounded Cabo sao Vicente ... read more