Sorry for the delay in new posts. Let's just say that Portugal internet service providers are slow to react when your (in this case my dad's) internet goes down. 
It was oddly isolated and looking kind of run down. 
Since we got down here the weather has just got more and more terrible. Lots of wind and rain. Temperature has stayed up about 20 deg, so it's kind of odd being out in Dec with wind and rain but hot!
Went to the beach yesterday, in the background is the castle Cape St Vincent on the southern tip of Portugal. As you can see, quite the surf but some blue sky.
Then drove back to the house. On the way passing a "hotel" perched on the cliffs... and I mean on the cliffs.
It was oddly isolated and looking kind of run down.
Once back at the house we managed to assemble a wonderful lunch with a very quaffable Vinho Verde. A little too quaffable it turned out. Dee required the rest of the day to recover.
Today the IT guy turned up, not believing that we had a problem, but, after much hand waving and pigeon english, he finally working out how to get the electrons to behave.
In the afternoon we visited the castle in Silves, quite the place, except it was raining, of course, more like a warm shower than a nasty squal.
Luckily beforehand we had stocked up on the most fabulous lunch. I had the whole squid (about 10) with potatoes in a mix of olive oil, garlic and anchovies. Dee had a Morrocan Lamb, G had pizza and Anwen the Carrot soup. For dessert Dee and I had a very thick mousse made of chocolate, brandy and almonds. G had the orange chocolate cake, very good. Coffee finished it all off. We believe it to be the best meal we've had to date. The rain could do no harm.
All in all it has been a wet couple of days but with the on and off sunshine and warm temperatures we can't complain. Especially after seeing the weather for North America and Northern Europe. Snow, snow and snow.
Don't know what we have planned for tomorrow, maybe Faro or further East.
Ciao.
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