Hotel Aqua Meia Praia Lagos

... of "pints" in a sports bar and watched the Brazil v England match. Luckily we were the only couple in there! We wandered around the walled town of Lagos utterly impressed by the consisten beauty and well kept buildings. Lots of tiling and prettily painted doors and window frames on top of the whitewashed buildings everywhere. We decided to eat takeaway pizza, washed down with more beer and a game of pool.<br><br>15 Nov<br>after a relatively ...

... in to the hostel, and then was planning to drive out to Sagres, the end of Europe. Kirsten and I decided to join him and away we went.<br><br>Alex liked to tell us that he wasn't a typical American. He spoke several languages, and had traveled the world. I found him vaguely annoying, but I was still happy to take a free ride from him. A 30 minute drive took us to Sagres. I don't want to bother trying to explain the beauty of Sagres ...

<br>An excursion to Lagos&#8217;s Marina followed by a boat trip to Ponta de Sagres (The most western point of Europe, from where the Portuguese sailors started the discovery of new worlds) will allow to enjoy the<br>natural beauty of the rocks, especially the famous and most impressive caves of Ponta da Piedade, wild beaches and the sea waves on the cliffs along the coast and also some of the &#8216;highlights ...

In Albufeira, we went to a Portugese bullfight, not the real deal as in they don't kill the bull, rather they stab them in the back with a bunch of arrows. I thought it was mean, especially the first bull because it was pretty much still a baby and looked scared instead of angry. Jon ...

... there, he was hilarious and exactly like a euro version of an American beach bum. <br>We also went to check out the lagoon, I got out for a couple tacks, the wind was super light and I crashed my kite and it deflated... fun. I had to walk my kite back through shallow water ...

The west and south coast of Portugal is pretty much a long stretch of beaches surrounded and separated by huge red cliffs and you can get from one beach to another by crawling through caves in the cliffs (I also think that's where the bums sleep at night...) We did some surfing at a small secluded beach that I had been to 4 years ago with my family. We&#8217;re ...

... They are full of cafes, bars and restaurants, as well as other touristy shops selling overpriced clothes, artwork and jewellery. I checked it out for a while, and then walked along the waterfront near the harbour before finding a supermarket and stocking up on the essentials. Seeing as I was going to be spending 6 nights here I thought I would get some cereal so I could have a proper breakfast, and I also got lots of vegies, pasta, fresh garlic, some meat and cheese, to make a healthy ...

... was very cool and eclectic. We decided this was our best meal so far in Portugal. Lee even went again the next night. 6/4 This morning we took a bus out to Sagres. We walked from town out to Fort Sagres only to find it is now ...

Sadly Monty our 15 year old Welsh Springer Spaniel died on the morning of Saturday 16.December. He had survived a series of strokes over the last month or so. He seemed to make a complete recovery within a very short time on each occasion and we had become rather blasé about them. On Friday evening he appeared to have another stroke and looked to be recovering but, by Saturday morning, it was clear that he was badly affected by it and even his ...

... out throughout dinner, but when we started playing drinking games with a liter each, I just had to join in. And the night was off. Back to the Nah Nah Bah for $1 shots and beer, Three Monkey's for pool and more drink specials, we managed to add Christina and another Devon to our group. The lone American in a sea of Canadians, I was swept up in the excitement of the night, my last night. I made a pact with Greg that I would get a tattoo (the one I had ...