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Making friends with the natives
... of the important buildings were destroyed by our own Francis Drake (naughty boy) and then by an earthquake and Tsunami in 1755.
But now it is known only for its fish and its tourism industry. It still has some charm to it having winding cobbled streets and well preserved churches; town hall; fortress and city walls. We loved the fish market; there are so many weird and wonderful fish on sale that we couldn't name half of them but intend to try and sample quite a few while ...
KC's social
... so we decided to have a party on our pitch to show everyone how much we have enjoyed their company on our first rally. We invited 20 people we had most contact with including superb hosts, rally stewards; Bob and Lyn, Terri and Tony.
It was a very convivial gathering with lots of fun and flowing drinks, exchanges of travelling stories ...
Christmas in Albufeira
... a stranger I know … but Bob is rather a nice guy so it was ok.)
We enjoyed a casual game of cards after dinner with Margaret and Dave.
Christmas Day waking up to sunshine is great. We exchanged gifts Kindle for me (I really wanted one how thoughtful!!) Frozen Planet DVD for Colin (which he nearly didn’t get because it hadn’t arrived before we left but fortunately Val and Keith were able to bring it out for me so I was able to give it to Colin ...
You're never too old to party!!!!
Well what a night that was, The Rally Christmas Party, with the theme of red and white, everyone was in the Christmas spirit helped along with vast quantities of free wine with the meal.
I'm sure everyone got up to dance from the youngsters in their 30's to the oldies in their seventies.
I've never seen such an amazing variety of costumes, lots of ...
Rally Fun and Games
... they are in right by the sea with walkways and lovely beaches so we have arranged later in the week to have a grand picnic on the beach (weather permitting of course).
Wednesday brought more bell ringing practice ready for the carol concert which turned out to be hilarious. Jean, who we met in Cerceres is a fellow novice bell ringer and another lady, Christine; and between us we just couldn’t stop giggling. The ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Apartments Maralvor


