If we were having coffee, I'd tell you that we had a brilliant few days away celebrating our 51st wedding anniversary, staying at the Real Marina Hotel in Olhão. Before checking into the hotel, we spent the morning relaxing in Tavira by the river where we took the tourist train and discovered a cafe serving... Continue Reading →
September and Sanity Slowly Returns
At last—it’s September and sanity slowly returns. When we first came here, the Western Algarve was still undiscovered and far removed from the well-worn tourist hotspots further east. Now, summers are chaos. The great migration is ending at last: kids back to school, and the zillions of sunburned, flip-flop–wearing visitors have packed up their inflatable... Continue Reading →
