{"id":2142,"date":"2023-03-17T08:06:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T11:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/?p=2142"},"modified":"2023-03-17T08:19:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T11:19:09","slug":"thursday-march-16-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/thursday-march-16-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday, March 16, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s more areas that I wanted Carol and Charlie to see north of Zambujeira. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Porto Covo, Malvao beach and Vila Nova De Milfontes were really important areas to see because they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re all quite different and different from what we saw the day before.
First I took them to Porto Covo, a very small village with low lying cliffs. You may have heard me talk about it before in this blog; it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a lovely little town, just about the right size. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s another area that I would consider staying for an extended length of time. It has a few shops. It has a lot of restaurants although early in the season, while it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s considered their winter, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re probably not all open. Even at this time, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s certainly not crowded with people, ideal from my point of view.
We parked the car and walked around. I know Carol particularly liked this little village. You have wonderful views of the sea from the walkways and they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re quite extensive and there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lovely little areas where you can get down and paint or photograph or draw. We stopped and had something to eat, because we hadn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t had any breakfast, and it was already past noon by then. Charlie ordered a pizza that was unbelievable- even within the crust they put cheese. Carol and I shared an octopus rice, which had a really interesting flavor, quite different from anything I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had before. I did notice that the prices of the meals here were about two and three euros more than they are in Zambujeira.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I still think Zambujeira has the best quality food at restaurants and reasonable prices.
From there we headed south a little bit to Malvao beach, the beach, that you have to access over a washerboard road for about 2 km. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After that we headed south again to Vila Nova de Milfontes, which is a town that has almost everything you need. I think there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s around 14,000 residents there in total. And then in summer of course it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s expands to 50,000. We parked the car by the water and walked up into the town. The first thing we went into was Atelier Vincent<\/a>‘s studio an artist studio. The artist Vincent Pippa, is Italian; he had worked in Germany and came down to Portugal and has been here for 25 years. I liked his work, ceramic tiles and he also works on canvas and does paintings in oil. His studio and residence are in the same building.
After looking at the artist’s work, we walked up and found a little restaurant, which was really cute and had another beer. We met a couple at the table next to us, who were on their way in the next while, to go back to woman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s home in Germany, to get married. The man Sarah<\/a> is marrying is Mexican, and they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re still having a little issue getting his visa so they can live together permanently. They adopted a lovely dog in Portugal who looks be about a year old. What a delight they were to talk to! Sarah is a type of Life Coach and her love of travel is quite sinificant. (https:\/\/unfoldwithsarah.com\/)<\/p>\n\n\n\n


After that, we headed back towards Zambujeira, and we stopped in at my favourite restaurant O Sacas, for dinner. As usual it was excellent. It was another great day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lucky dog to be adopted!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One of the Staff in Restaurant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A Local Artist- Vincent Pippa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Artist’s Cat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Back home we watched another four episodes of Ted Lasso, and had some Port of course, along with the one order of dessert that Carol got from the restaurant. Whatever it was, it was made with dates and it was yummy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until tomorrow.
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Porto Covo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tea again!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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End of the Day from Restaurant O Sacas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Coastline at Porto Covo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fortress in Vila Nova de Milfontes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Flowers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Mouth of a River<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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