Algarve Beach Life Diaries

Well...

After talking about it and blogging about it - and, needless to say, dreaming about it, we seem to be on the way to owning our first Algarve property.

Butterflies? I should say so.

Things are all the more stressful, since they need to be accomplished from a distance (with some sea in between me and what's going on!). Of course, that's why you need a lawyer on the spot who knows how to arrange things in your absence...

But that doesn't always help me sleep!

I'm sure everything will be fine in the end, but in the meantime I'm logging things as they happen, just so I can check back and see how they developed.

And I've made sure I can't lose my log, by making it a web page. Read all about my very first Algarve property adventure at:

Algarve Property Purchase.

Fiesa 2005 was just as good as last year's bash.

This time we went on the last day during daylight hours, had a good look around and then left.

But we went back at about 2130 (you can come and go as you like on a day ticket) and enjoyed the spectacle of all the sand sculptures illuminated in the dark.

There was a decent local rock band playing, so we lazed on a boarded area that was spread with cushion, Middle-Eastern-style and just 'chilled' (as those young folk say).

When it all ended, we drove back to our Portimao apartment, tired but happy.

Unlike last year, they didn't invite visitors to help break up the sculptures on the last night, but honestly - I think we were too pooped anyway!

I'm looking forward already to Fiesa 2006!

And you can compare the exhibits by checking out those on offer at Fiesa 2004 by viewing my sand sculptures page.