November 21, 2024 We had talked about a boat excursion and today seemed like the perfect occasion…from our perch on the hill above the Albufeira Marina we could see the sea was flat and the skies cloudless, with a forecast for a high of 21C. We hustled down to the marina and booked with Algar…Continue Reading “Albufeira…a lovely day for a boat trip”
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November 13th to November 20th Annie left on November 15th from Faro to Lisbon > which she thought was the worst flight ever. The plane was doing some extreme acrobatics leaving passengers grabbing for their barf bags and screaming hysterically. In any event, she arrived safely and the next flight to Montreal was normal. In…Continue Reading “Albufeira….a day trip to Tavira”
November 12, 2024 It was a pretty nice day with temperatures expected to reach 22C. Having quite enjoyed our visit a few days ago, we are returning to the same area, this time to Benagil Beach, one of the trailheads for the 7 Hanging Valleys Trail. The plan is to walk a portion of this…Continue Reading “Albufeira ….another walk on the Seven Hanging Valleys Trail”
November 10, 2024 The previous evening we wandered into the Old Town for dinner at the Restaurante Solgamba which features a traditional menu… pleasant interior with ambient lighting (we hate overlit restos) and a friendly waiter. Curiously we found featured on the menu Ukrainian food > it turns out the waiter was the owner and…Continue Reading “Albufeira to Sagres….a day trip to the most southwestern point of Continental Europe”
November 6 & 7, 2024 We awoke to a decent day but as we looked at the U.S. election results we felt totally deflated…. I consider myself to be a relatively liberal conservative on policy issues, by Canadian standards, however, I do not vote slavishly for one party or the other. Obviously, by U.S. standards…Continue Reading “Albufeira….some U.S. election thoughts and a day trip to Lagos to escape reality for a day”
November 3, 2024 We wake up to a beautiful day but with a sombre overtone. Following a filling breakfast we take an UBER back to the airport to pick up our rental car. Dreading the normal upselling hassle we are happily surprised to have no issues picking up the car …we used a British aggregator…Continue Reading “Lisbon to Albufeira, Portugal”
October 31/ November 1, 2024 Tonight we are flying to Lisbon for a 5-week stay in the Algarve region of Portugal. We had thought long and hard about Mexico but ultimately concluded the value proposition was better in Portugal….we shall soon see! Our flight is an overnight flight to London with a second flight to…Continue Reading “Vancouver, Canada to Lisbon, Portugal…..and a “rest” day”
June 2nd/3rd, 2024 Another lovely morning as we wake up to our morning songbird however it is our last one here so we say goodbye to the Bonavida Apartments and Alcudia Beach …. it has been a very enjoyable stay…but now we are moving to the south east coast to a popular seaside area called…Continue Reading “Puerto D’Alcudia to Manacor ….and onwards to Cala d’Or, Can Pastilla & Home”
June 1st,2024 We have deemed today as a sightseeing day so with breakfast out of the way it is time to get going…the goal is to drive to Arta and visit the Santuari de Sant Salvador, then head to the Castell de Capdepera and finish the day with a tour of the Cuevas d’Arta before…Continue Reading “Puerto d’Alcudia to Arta…touring Santuari de Sant Salvador, Castell de Capdepera and Cuevas d’Arta”
May 28th, 2024 Another lovely day (yup sunny and pleasantly warm) one which will be quite busy as we are heading to Alcudia on the northern coast of Mallorca however to get there we are taking the bus to the Estacion Intermodal in Palma. Then a bus to the airport where we are picking up…Continue Reading “Soller to Puerto de Alcudia, Mallorca…..from the mountains to the sea & beaches”