Algarve Beach Life Diaries

I've done it!

Arranged our next Algarve vacation for the second half of September.

Downside:    Couldn't find an affordable villa.

Upside:    Booked a nice aparthotel in Portimao which does self-catering. (An unfortunate necessity, if you're a couple of tree-hugging veggies!)

That'll be good, as we haven't spent time around Portimao for quite a while. We can renew our acquaintanceship...

But, we'll also be taking time out to look at some of that fabulous Algarve real estate that we'd like to buy!

So that'll be: breakfast, beach, lunch, rest, explore, view properties (in that order). A couple of hours every other day won't make too much of a hole in our relaxation schedule.

We'll be meeting up at Gatwick, since Nev will travel down from where he's working at the moment. That'll be a bit strange, as we normally share the preparations for a holiday...

(You know the story, girls - he throws some stuff into a suitcase, then I look through it, ditch the stuff he doesn't need and substitute all the vital kit he'd omitted).

So, I'm thrilled skinny at the moment. The only thing left to arrange is our Algarve car hire.

Don't know whether to have transport for the full 2 weeks or whether we should just hire bicycles for part of the time. (In an effort to work off some of those excess holiday calories!)

No worries, though. That's the sort of problem I don't mind wrestling with!

I'm off to work now, but instead of using a car, I'm on cloud 9!