Blogs from Algarve, Portugal, Europe - page 34

Hey all! I made it safely to Faro. It was a boring day of travel. Waiting in the train station, on the train, cab to the bus station, waiting at the bus station and then on the bus. I got here just fine. Lots of time to sit. It wasn´t very conducive to napping though. I wrote in my travel journal and that was about it. I checked in at Faro, have a great room, it overlooks the sea...or whatever it is. Its called a seaview room! Needed a shower. You know how travel is...sometimes you just need to relax. I then took off for about 2 hours walking around the town. It is very cute. I definately like it. There are lots of old buildings, etc. Dad would like all the Christmas directions. There are ... read more

Christmas is coming As I write this Donna is annoying me by hanging dangly Christmas decorations above my head. She could seriously find herself part of a dangly decoration herself if she carries on. We have now arrived in Portugal at our Christmas site. It is called Turiscampo, and is near Praia De Luz where Madeleine Mc Cann went missing. Spain (like my ability to learn its language) has been and gone. The Spanish are very busy building roads and rail links at the moment which tends to blight the scenery somewhat. The toll roads are generally in pristine condition and unused, whilst the A roads are always busy. It was a bit of a whistle-stop tour of Spain really. As it got colder we decided to head further south chasing the elusive sun (yes ... read more

We have been Portugal for the past few days working and it has been a great experience. We stayed in Lisbon on Monday night and met a friend, Eliza, for dinner and drinks. The next day we met with one of our business associates, Jorge, and drove to the southern most area in Portugal called Algarve. The city we stayed in was called Faro and because the summer season was over the area was pretty empty. It is unbelievable the mass amounts of seafood consumed here…For lunch I had some large shrimp…It gave a new meaning to “peel and eat”, because the entire body of the shrimp was still intact…They were staring at me as if to say, “Don’t eat me”…I was trying not to gag but ended up really enjoying the little creatures…After lunch we ... read more

I got back from an amazing weekend in Lagos last night around 10 pm and crashed into my bed head first and passed out immediately. We went with a tour company called Discover Sevilla, who had the whole weekend planned to guarantee plenty of booze, lots of sun, surfing, and VIP parties. We got there around 9pm on Friday which gave us plenty of time to get ready for the night ahead. We started off at Nah Nah Bah for dinner and a few drinks and made our way to Joe's Garage where free drinks and games were waiting for us. I took my shot of absinthe (ever) and almost lost my dinner because it was disgusting! My friend Kristen and I danced on the bar like there was no tomorrow, and drank free beer which ... read more

Alcoutim is an inland town on with a 14th century Moorish fort and Spain is on the other side, across the Guardiana River. The countryside is very sparsely populated and there is not much of interest around here -- but it was a nice drive and the town is pretty. We visited the fort and walked through the narrow. cobbled streets in this little hill town. We were looking for somewhere to have lunch and there didn't seem to be anywhere. Next to the church we went into a cafe which turned out to be spread out over about 3 or 4 floors with little dining rooms on each. We ordered the half portion for some reason -- actually, I ordered the half portion and they misunderstood Russell and he got the half portion too but ... read more