MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE ALGARVE!

OK – we know we said we’d be in Lisbon!  But hey, plans change, and we decided we much prefer the south coast of Portugal, so at the 11^th hour we went back to the Algarve. 

So very pleased we did – we found a new place and it is superb!  Just had a lovely run along the beach and marina, and, well, it doesn’t get much better than this!  Just getting ready to have a few drinks and a meal somewhere, then a lazy Christmas day opening pressies and eating huge amounts of goodies!

Hope you all have a good one too!

R&M

Week 3 over

We’ve survived to week 3 – and the diary and pictures are uploaded to http://www.doyourdream.co.uk/trip02week3.php

Really nice start to week 4 – and free wifi!  Can’t be bad!

Just making plans for Christmas – probably be in Lisbon.

Merry Christmas all!

 

We Are Here...

We’re now in the South West of Portugal near Lagos.  Just had a long cycle ride and walk with a picnic exploring the lovely town of Lagos.  The beaches vary from superb sandy to quiet little coves ideal for skinny dipping.  Wind a little too chilly for that mind, but still a lovely place!  Heading out tomorrow and wild camping up the coast towards Lisbon.

We're alive!

Yeah – I survived the biking, and Mel survived 7 blokes talking about bikes.  Currently in Tarifa enjoying good weather, good beach, and great winds for kiting!  Much nicer in this area than the “Costas” which we just drove through as it didn’t really look like the type of place we like...

 

Only just realised its only 2 weeks to Christmas.  At this rate looks like we will be in Portugal for Christmas – we were hoping to be snowboarding for the new year though it looks like we won’t be out of Portugal by then.  Who knows!  We’ve not raided our Christmas box yet – even though I know Mel has some excellent chocolate goodies which we could both do with today! 

 

My last ever entry?

Tomorrow is the start of my motorbike weekend in the Spanish mountains! And I've never ridden off road (a slight excursion at Snetterton doesn't count...)
So if I don't post again you know why.....
To cheer you all up, can you believe the weather is still crap in Spain!! We may leg it to Portugal after this weekend (assuming no broken bones) - and chase the sun down! At least all this rain does mean the snow is great in the ski resorts so we still hope to do that!

Oh -and someone - PLEASE - sort out the ****** euro exchange rate and the interest rates!

in madrid

hello from madrid. jouney down was heavy rain and cold. into span over
the mountains from san sebastian down - and moderate snow! clear roads
so okay. madrid sunny but chilly - hope it gets warmer on the coast!
we have tans to work on!!

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