Carmel Brennan

I knew when I woke up this morning that Carol and Charlie were leaving today. I was beginning to feel a little sad. I spent the entire first month by myself, and I was quite content, exploring the country, all along the west coast, down to the Algarve, and then going inland and getting familiar…

On Monday morning we went into town to get bus tickets for Charlie and Carol to travel up to Lisbon Tuesday morning. Next stop was the ATM so that Charlie could pick up some euros for their last few days in Portugal and then we went to Café Rita to have coffee and one of…

On Sunday morning I was looking at the map to see where I hadn’t taken Charlie and Carol. I saw a new beach on the map, one I hadn’t spotted before, just south of town. We talked about going out to breakfast or lunch later at a newly re-opened restaurant north of our house. First,…

We didn’t do anything major on Saturday, just a lot of waiting around in the early part of the day, due to my occasionally inconsiderate landlord. Luís and his mother had started cleaning the neighbour’s place yesterday, and they continued today, although they were rather late coming; we weren’t sure when we needed to move…

We left Evora shortly after 9 AM in the morning. I had booked our apartment for the night through booking.com and it was quite nice, mostly furnished with IKEA items. We drove out through the narrow streets and got on to the larger roads easily leaving the city. However, if you were coming into the…

We ventured on our way to Evora this morning, early; it was really foggy out as we drove inland through rolling hills and forests of cork. Evora is considered to be one of Portugal’s most preserved medieval towns.We stopped at the side of the road for some shots in the fog. There were bushes with…

This morning I started with laundry.I need to make sure that everything is clean because tomorrow morning is Thursday and early ,we are leaving This morning I started with laundry.I need to make sure that everything is clean because tomorrow morning is Thursday ,we are leaving early for Evora which is about 2 1/2 hours…

We started out the day planning to go to Sao Teotonio. I needed to get fuel in the car; I don’t like it when it gets below a quarter full. Carol wanted to go to a place called Orada – she thought it looked really interesting and was in the middle of nature. First because…

Monday, March 20 there’s no plans for today so far. I was thinking about what to do today; we could sit around and paint. There’s no feeling that if you just hang around at home you’re doing nothing. Life is relaxed and laid back.The guide books mentioned that at about 11 o’clock there’s a fish…

I was up early Sunday morning, and I thought, since it was a nice day, and it was going to be sunny, to take Carol and Charlie down to the Algarve. We decided we’d eat breakfast somewhere along the way, rather than taking more time at home.The drive is only about an hour and a…