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Vila Marachique Alvor

Urbanizacao Vila Marachique Alvor, Algarve, 8500, Portugal

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Making friends with the natives

A travel blog entry by kayyendole

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... 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

A travel blog entry by kayyendole

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... 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 travel blog entry by kayyendole

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... 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!!!!

A travel blog entry by kayyendole

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... 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

A travel blog entry by kayyendole

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... 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 ...

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