All but Anwen travelled down the coast to Portimao. Anwen has found her extended family more fun than us.

So we made do with coffee and treats.

Portimao, is an odd mix of industrial and tourism. One minute we were driving down a wide well surfaced road only to find at the end an old narrow "traditional" Portuguese road.

One of the more odd shops, was the christening shop, if your baby needs a white dress like outfit or a suit only in black, they have it, and more, in white and black.

We stopped for lunch at a fish restaurant "Strong and Ugly". Dee had read about it in one of the guides. G had the pasta dish, we had a kind of fish stew. Bread at the base with the seafood and

veggies mixed in. To top it off two eggs were mixed in at the table. We did take a picture of it but decided it didn't do it justice.

Oddly Portimao has been the only town where we both felt uncomfortable while walking along the main tourist area. People "talking" on public phones then putting it down and following us until we turn and make eye contact. Where they peeled off and headed away from us.

After lunch we headed for the spectacular beach on the outskirts of Portimao, where G had his daily fix of sand castle building. Dee even found some shells that were keepers.

Our first full day of beautiful blue skies.

Ciao