Nova Apartments Carvoeiro
Mato Serrao Carvoeiro, Algarve, 8400, Portugal
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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
... 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 ...


