Two day blog today.

Yesterday (27^th) we went into Lagos for a walk around. The weather was overcast with a bit of wind. We, all except Anwen of course, went down to the Marina, where there is easy parking and then headed for the causeway to take in the sites.

As you can see from the first two photos there are two histories. The Portuguese, which has usually been bulldozed and the British.

We all headed for the little beach which was very cool and Dee got some nice shells. After the beach we had coffee and headed back to the house.

I also relented and bought mum and dad an espresso machine. They needed it. Honest. It was hard for them to get up in the morning without their shot of black, delicious espresso. They just didn’t know how badly they needed it. Thank god I was able to help.

Today (28^th) Anwen came with us!

We drove to Faro… what can one say about Faro…It has an Airport. Actually it is the main hub for the Algarve.

Although I wouldn’t have believed it, it is even more of a total maze and, even more of a mix of derelict and newer done up buildings, than anywhere else so far. We thought Portimao was more attractive, and that is saying something.

Lunch. For lunch I had the Cuttlefish and it was rubberized and burnt, Dee was kind enough to coat it with some of her sauce, I added olive oil , salt and pepper. It then tasted like yummy tire!

Dee had the clams and pork, Kate had the Cod Portuguese style which I think was the best. The boy had pizza and the girl a plate of fries.

The rain all day (which wasn’t mainly falling on the plain in Spain) was of a new quantity and style. I think the Ark would have had a hard time. Even the two rats on board would have been jumping overboard. But would have been blown away before touching the water. Ah the lovely Algarve winter weather.

When you speak to people about the weather they just looked stunned and say “it’s never like this”. The good side is, is that the south has been in a drought for quite a few years. Problem fixed!

Even with all the griepping I have done we still enjoyed the day out.

Ciao

Dessert, take one package of sugar and a spoon.....