beachwalk01

July 6th 2010
Having boasted in my introductory, blog-joining note of how worldly-wise and extensively travel the pair of us are, on Thursday we are "going Local" and flying to Portugal to stay with our friends, the Hamatons, who live in the Algarve, Portugal. They emigrated some 10 years ago to escape the UK Winters and are now part of an ex-Pat community in Lagos. Not sure if we could be brave enough to mak ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Lagos

Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more

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Clive Brooks

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Dianne and I are now both retired and can give free rein to our passion of travelling the world. Not that we were shy before retirement as we enjoyed having had a 30 year career in the Royal Air Force followed by nearly 18 years working for British Airways. There are not many countries of note that we haven't explored over the past 45 years and we have many experiencies and memories that ought be shared with the wider world before they become thought of as being the ramblings of a sad old couple!... full info

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