We had booked a ride from Carvoeiro to Seville as the trains to Granada were going to take a very long time as were flights. We figured a night in Seville would break the journey and give us a new city to check out. We’d had good communication from the driver but had to give […]
Tuesday 10 June: Carvoeiro
Well I’ve got a bit behind as we have both been a bit unwell. Tuesday did not go well. Mike stayed in bed as needed to sleep and Barb and I went to breakfast. He was lying on the bed in the dressing room when I got up so just left my stuff open. We […]
Monday 9 June: Carvoeiro
We didn’t have the best night as Mike had a coughing fit at about 3am and took himself off to the other bedroom. He eventually got back to sleep however and had a good sleep in. We had breakfast at the resort. It was a very nice buffet with everything you’d want/need. Barb had some […]
8 June: Lisbon to Carvoeiro
We have pre-booked all our train tickets, thank goodness. Barb ordered an uber to the train station. Not the same one as yesterday or the fancy one we passed on our hop on hop off tour. Just an ordinary one. We pretty quickly attracted the attention of a super helpful senior citizen who helped us […]
7 June: Lisbon and Sintra
Today we headed to Sintra which is a city in the hills north east of Lisbon. The city itself has a population of 300,000 including many African immigrants if the travellers join in the train are anything to go by. The train took about 45 minutes and is just a normal commuter train. The historic […]
6 June: Lisbon
This was the hop on hop off tour day. We went back to the breakfast place and ordered the brunch again. This time I had the ham and cheese, which was 3€ less than the salmon. We took the bread rolls and jam home! We first took the tram ride up around the hills. […]
5 June: Lisbon
We had a big day of exploring and walking around Lisbon. Still no bags, which was a worry when we set out for breakfast. We are just eating twice a day and that seems to be working well. We may go back for another brunch: sour dough bread roll with butter and jam, croissant, yoghurt […]
3/4 June: Lisbon
John kindly dropped us at the airport in Edinburgh for our flight to Lisbon. We were so glad to spend time with family in Scotland. It was a very nostalgic visit for Mike and we were sorry to leave. We will try and return sooner rather than later. We used our Priority Pass cards to […]
2/3 June: Scotland
It was a lovely, warm day in Banchory. The sun was out and it was a very pleasant drive south. Mo cooked up a new plan with her brother John to swap us over near Dundee. Mike didn’t realise there was a new plan (originally Mo was going to drive us to Edinburgh so that […]
1 June Scotland
It was warmer but overcast and we had toast and coffee at Forestside Drive and a leisurely start. Mike decided he wanted to go to Banchory Lodge for dinner. He used to take doctors there for lunch when he was a medical rep for Ciba-Geigy ( which later merged with Sandoval to form Novartis). Anyhow. […]
31 May: in Scotland
Overcast in Banchory this morning and definitely chilly but it soon warmed up. We set off for this cafe not far away which is part of the heritage buildings on the grounds of Crathes Castle. Everywhere seems to have a castle or manor or hall tucked away behind trees! We had a very nice […]
29/30 May: to Europe
We planned to set off for Auckland Airport between 9 and 9.30am for our flight leaving 2.10pm. Plenty of time to get organised first. We left right on time at 9.40. Got 100m up Howell Ave and pulled over to check if I packed my computer charger. Yes it was in the carry on. Then […]