(Ben) The Algarve is always mobbed with tourists at this point in the summer, and it’s fair to say that we usually reach a point where we’ve had enough of the invasion. This year, we were at breaking point by the start of August, and felt the urge to get away. I was given the…
“What’s the situation in Portugal?” is a question everyone asks us, often with the kind of awkward concern usually reserved for the unwell. It’s a difficult question to answer. A country doesn’t immediately turn into a different place due to a bailout. Portugal has some serious problems. Many, such as high youth unemployment, political sleaze…
We had a week off work last week, and beyond a vague intention to have a break in Lisbon at some point, we had no firm plans. Our plans accelerated on Friday evening, just hours after switching off our laptops, when a quiet drink on our terrace was disturbed by the appearance of a scuttling…
Apologies for my absence last week – it was a rather unsettled week that threw a few curve-balls in our direction! First of all we both came down with a nasty flu-bug – I guess we were due an illness of some kind, having been very lucky on our travels between London and Portugal so…