It was a choice between painting the house and a cheeky week in Portugal...
THE CHEEKY WEEK WON!
We had spent the day in Praia da Rocha (beach of Portimao) on our way back from the Canaries last summer, so when we saw the last minute offer of a week in their 2nd most prestigious hotel, we didn't hesitate. All thoughts of housepainting went on hold (I'll get a little man round) (??!!) and we were off!
Hand luggage only is the WAY-TO-GO.
Far less queueing at the airport and no dithering about what to wear, it's either this or that.
(Ryanair from Manchester to Faro)
We upgraded to a room with a seaview when we got there and it was SOOOOO worth it.
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| View from our balcony |
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| From our balcony, looking right |
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| It was nice to just SIT |
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| Steps to nowhere! |
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| ok there were 2 more peeps on the beach!! |
Hotel da Rocha was immaculate. Even after we brought towels full of sand off the beach...even when we had to go under the bed for a flipflop.... it was so clean. It is in the perfect location, right on the seafront and it and has friendly, helpful and pleasant, staff.
I could have done with a kettle though. I had to test my skills at mashing up tea in the microwave! Unbelievably, I became a bit of an expert at it!
We watched the surfers for a while, they seemed to be just standing on the water.
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| View back to the beach from the lighthouse. |
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| PORTIMAO TOWN CENTRE |
OK it isn't Las Vegas but there were some pretty lights!
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| Whoever would have thought hot banana on pizza would be so delish? |
With the clouds forming and the rain looming, there was no point in hanging around, so we took a train to Lagos, just up the coast. It was full of cows and men ♪ forever blowing bubbles ♪ pretty bubbles in the air... I bet he supports West Ham...
...and we would have walked around the city walls (they didn't look a patch on Chester's!! haha) but suddenly the weather improved dramatically!! =) so we stripped down to our undergarments, (oooeeerrr) pegged out my cagoule to lie on (eeks) and had an hour of sun on the beach. =)
(Well we weren't going to see anyone we knew...)
Just the other side of the Portimao Old Bridge are a few fish restaurants which had been highly recommended to us, and because we were on yet another cloudy day, we thought Lets Just Do IT so we ordered Grilled Sardines and Grilled Prawns
and after several mouthfuls of bones....I finally got the hang of it. The bits I managed were totes delish but they were an art to eat. I have to say, though, I did better than the lady behind me who looked to be having a complete mare with the whole sardine malarky.
Anyway, tropical pizzas, sardines and prawns need burning off!
Time for my HIGHLIGHT of the holiday!!!!
THE WAVES!! THE ATLANTIC ROLLERS!!!!
A-MAY-ZING FUN!!!!!
I went under and over. I jumped them. I dived through them. I tried to swim with them.
I was tossed and tumbled and I LOVE LOVE LOVED it and then I remembered how old I was, eeeekkksss!
Brilliant brilliant fun. And no-one else was in the sea with me.
All that water all to myself!
My Husb really should be a professional photographer you know.
He's made my legs look really slim on this!
And one must always ALWAYS seek the opportunity to perform a plank =)
Doesn't the sea look sparkly here!
At last we had BLUE SKY!!!
♪please tell me why ♪ you had to hide away ♪ for so long ♪ sooooo long ♪ oooo-ooh ♪
so we made the long walk (!!) down to the beach
and had yet more A-MAYYYYY-ZING fun in the waves
(did wonders for my hair)
which was the perfect end to a fun week. There was never a dull moment and it was extremely
Hooty-In-Parts!! We managed to do plenty without actually doing much!!
Went in the sea
Went ten pin bowling (oh yes, I won!)
Walked back from Portimao 3 different ways
Went in the Hotel pool
Ate grilled sardines
Attempted to eat chicken PIRI PIRI
Went by train to Lagos
Went in a taxi and on a bus
Went jogging along the boardwalk
Went down to the lighthouse
and changed colour very slightly.
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