Kingfish

As you might know, Renita, Jocelyne and I have been stuck in Lisbon Portugal for the last five days, we're trying to make the best of it but my back has been killing me in the last 4 days so it's hard to enjoy the extra time we have here. Flights are finally leaving Frankfurt so maybe we'll be able to leave this Saturday without too much hassle since we are waiting for the crowds to clear the airport before we try and leave. We've been here long enough, it's been over a month and we're ready to go home. After our flights got cancelled and because they couldn't guaranty our rooms for the nex t five days, we left the Radisson which we had chosen for it's close proximity to the airport and went back ... read more

Today we left for Tavira without ever having met the owners of the villa we rented in Albufeira. They were due to meet us on the first day we arrived but never showed up and neither did they bid us farewell, funny way of doing business, luckily we hadn’t given them the deposit they had requested. The taxi was right on time but the driver nearly got a hernia trying to lift Jocelyne’s suitcase into the back of the cab but all’s well that ends well and off we went to the bus station. We took what was supposed to be a direct bus route to Faro but it made so many stops that I lost track of how many times it did. Finally, upon arriving in Faro we got off the bus and after ... read more

Hi all. I've recreived the final entries from Pete, Renita and Jo. They're really tired but should be on their way home this week end (April 24th). I'm really hoping that they don't get as far as London or Frankfurt and then get stuck there. Keep your finger's crossed for them. I think all was finally forgiven , at least by Renita and Jo, because they finally found a shoe store and bought shoes. Pete, well, he wasn't so lucky. I'm going to forward their entries now that I've figured out how to transfer them from my home computer to my netbook where the blog resides. Unfortunately, Pete embedded his pictures into his e-mail instead of sending them as attachments so I can't import them into this software. Sorry. (don't worry guys, Pete didn't send any ... read more

Today is the day that Pete and I have been dreading .....,..... SHOPPING DAY! We knew what we were in for because the girls have been planning this day for the past 2 or 3 days now. However, we were in for a pleasant surprise because they told us we could split up and meet for lunch and then for the trip back to the villa (they must have heard us whining earlier). We walked up to the main road and caught a cab and we were off. An interesting thing about Portugilian cabs, they have a week end rate that is more expensive than the weekly rate. We drove to the old city, poked around a few shops together and then the girls turn us loose. As I have mentioned before, the old city at ... read more

Ola a Sesmarais. Como esta? E gratis? Nao? Quanta? (Hello from Seamarais. How are you? Is it free? No? Then how much is it?) As you can see we’ve been doing a lot of shopping and we’re getting pretty good at asking the essential questions (unless you’re into pilfering fruit from an overhanging tree, nothing is free). Sesmarais is the region that we are staying in and I’ve finally figured out how you would come to visit us. From the central bus station, or train station, tell your cab driver that you are going to Sesmarais however you don’t know where because none of the streets have names. Just tell him you want to go to the Dom Diniz Restaurant (it seems like everybody knows it). Turn right at the corner just before the Dom Diniz ... read more