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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
... to keep in touch. We do hope people will; as it has been great and we fully expect to take part again next year and may well bump into some of the same people.
So thanks again to Lyn and Bob, Tony and Terri, Margaret and Dave, Roger and Barbara, Les and John, Jean and Eddie, Peter and Natalie, Anne and Keith, Jim and Jenny for their wonderful ...
Christmas in Albufeira
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We had a lovely 5 course lunch, including pre-dinner drinks on the terrace, free endless wine on the table and coffee and liqueurs on the terrace afterwards. Superb value for money.
It certainly has been a good Christmas for us. Although last year in New Zealand was very special it was good to be in good company this year
Boxing Day we went for a lovely long walk about 4 miles and then relaxed until the evening where we enjoyed a 'race night' and quiz. Lot of ...
You're never too old to party!!!!
... with varying hemlines. Lots of shorts and bowties. Colin won best dressed man in his waistcoat that I spent several hours sewing white paper napkins to and bowtie made from cardboard and red serviettes and a bit of tinsel.
A good time was had by all.
A big thankyou must go to Bob and Lyn and Terri and Tony our stewards for organising such a good ...
Rally Fun and Games
... the afternoon.
The next day I joined a small group of people learning to play hand bells in preparation for the carol concert, we are managing to play ‘Good King Wenceslas quite well. Then we played team boules.
Val and Keith our friends and neighbours from Bridgnorth arrived to spent Christmas at a hotel in Praia da Oura so we went along to say hello and have a meal with them. It’s a very ...


