Eurotel Tavira

... security passes that had to be scanned on exit and entry. If you had not used a card to get out you couldn't use it to get in and going out or in the car required that you hand over all three cards to one of the gate attendants so that they could scan the cards for you.

We walked into the town through a nature reserve that was adorned, in what we now recognized as normal Portuguese style, with plastic bottles ...

Op de rechteroever slaat de torenklok een keer vaker dan op de linkeroever: in Spanje is het een uur later.
Drie stukjes film: weer dolfijnen, de eerste die we in de Algarve tegen kwamen, blijft voor ons erg leuk, ik hoop voor jullie ook. Dit keer een wat grotere varieteit. Het tweede stukje film is uit de zoutwinning bij het plaatsje Tavira waar kluten, reigers en lepelaars fourageren. Het derde stukje film zijn wat beelden in en rond de Guadiana, de grensrivier.

... arrives, probably in an hour or two.

Now I'm feeling a little remote. I'm pretty good at making the best of a situation, and dealing with the resources I have. As I haven't eaten yet today, I search a few of the nearby gardens for a bit of fruit to tide me over. Under the cover of early morning light I find a mature pomegranate tree loaded with fruit. I grab 5 of the plumpest fruits I can find and wander ...

... about perfect and the most direct. QF9 Mel to Lon, then switching airports in London to catch BA2694 to Faro), and the timings meant we missed a lot of the crowds and traffic, particularly in London - so well done to Yvonne who pulled together our travel arrangements.

There were a few things we had to watch along the way - mainly in London, for instance, there is now a shuttle bus service that runs between London Heathrow and Gatwick airports (so no longer a ...

... speak with me than Virg, this being the opposite experience to the one we had in the north of the country, and come to that, everywhere else.

Nevertheless, it was lovely to chill for a few days and the hotel, with its rooftop terrace bar and pool provided a good base. The only complaint...they do need to do something about allowing kids to run riot in the bar after midnight... but the kid thing has all been said before.

A&Vx

Bussed to Faro, a small seaside town with not a hell of a lot really!!

Our room had no window, but faked the appearance by having a curtain anyway... nothing like a little bit of closet sleeping!!

Went for a swim at the beach/lagoon with our 1.60 euro bottle of red ...

... Atlantic. Lots of smallish waves roll in - not in sets like in Perth but just one wave after another. They weren't good enough to body surf but that didn't stop us from trying.

Friday sees us travelling by train to Faro then changing to the express to Lisbon to our apartment. And then a whole new adventure will start.

We trust all are well back in Perth.

1540.a alates omandas Faro linnaõiguse. Selle kuldne aeg möödus 1596.a hispaanlaste võimu all olles, mil Earl of Essexi väed (olles teel Hispaaniast Inglismaale) rüüstasid ja põletasid linna ning vedasid kaasa hindamatuid teoloogilisi teoseid piiskopi paleest. Need teosed asuvad nüüd Oxfordi Bodleian raamatukogus. Rüüstatud Faro ehitati taas üles ning oli juba jõudnud kujuneda üsna edukaks, kui teda tabas 1722.a maavärin, mille järel saabus ka ...

... ja inimtühi (seevastu suvel pidavat populaarne koht olema). Hotelli taga oli suur rannariba, kus meil õnnestus väike piknik maha pidada. Piknikukraami hankimiseks pidime tükk aega supermercadot otsima ning lõpuks leidsime meie mõistes säästumarketi. Lähim korralik pood asus ilmselt Faros (22 km).

... Sagreses) kui Lagoses kaubavahetustegevuses. 1434.a lahkus kohalik poiss Gil Eanes esimesele reisile Lääne-Aafrikasse Bojadori neeme juurde. Seejärel järgnesid ka teised, kes hakkasid tagasi tooma koos infoga ka elevandiluid, kulda ja orjasid. Väidetavalt toimus 1444.a just Lagoses esimene orjakaubanduslik tehing, kus müüdi Aafrika inimesi orjadeks eurooplastele. Peale seda kujunes Lagos orjavahetuse keskuseks.
Tavira, Algarve, Portugal pille