Dom Pedro Portobelo Hotel Vilamoura

So, today is the day we bid farewell to Faro and go back to the freezing weather in London. Its an early start to the day (6.30am! Kmt) and we manage to pack, grab breakfast, head down to the bus stop and catch the 8am bus to the aeroporto! Seems like a productive day so far.... Upon arrival, because I checked in online, I didn't have to queue, ...

More fool me for getting so excited about their being 2 English movies back to back (one with Wesley Snipes and Diane Lane in it and Bourne Supremacy) that I tried to fight my sleep and watch them.

After realising I nodded off around 2ish, I slept. Unfortunately not very well, mum woke up at stupid o'clock and decided to partake in all ...

So Sunday hasn't turned out so bad afterall!

After spending an hour at the Internet cafe (€1.50 unlike Alianca who charge the same for a mere 30 mind), we headed back to the hotel and found a movie(in English wahey) to watch. Missed the start so no idea what it was called, but stars Halle Berry, Bruce Willis and Giovani Ribsi. Was...

Howdy doody,

Today has been a slooooow day! Typical Sunday I guess. After having brekkie in the hotel, and resting up a bit (my cold seems to have gotten worse), we decided to go and see the remaining sights in Faro.

So we go up to Igrja de Sao Pedro, which is the 16th century Church of St Peter (pic). Sao Pedro means St Peter....

Its a new day, the sun is shining and I've got a feeling today is going to be a good day!
My alarm goes off at 7.30 (why did I set it so early please), so I get up, switch it off and go back to sleep! (Well, might as well do what I do at home to maintain consistency across the water lol). We go down for a typical continental breakfast (tea/c...

Howdy folks,

This evening I decided we should go to Forum Algarve - which is an open air shopping centre closer to the airport than where we're staying. We get to the Eva Bus Terminal (see pic) and of course mum keeps going on and on about how she's so rich she has her own hotel (yep, there's a hotel Eva.....yawwwwn), a bus terminal (ya...

After sitting in Gate 59 at Gatwick Airport until 3.28 (2 mins b4 our plane was due to depart), I thought the hail and snowstorm that I drove through earlier was worse than I had anticipated, my plane would be delayed and it'd take forever to get to Faro! Turns out an earlier plane landed late and had a knock on effect. Phew!

The flight...

To start off, a photo to show the strenuous conditions under which I have crafted this entry...



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