The Days Zip Along

We have been enjoying such warmth and sunshine these past few days that I personally, am feeling like a lazy slug!   I love the pace we are keeping daily, easy mornings, activity from mid-morning till late afternoon then leisurely lazy evenings.

Yesterday, Tuesday, we headed off for the Faro beach to enjoy the sounds of the sea and simply relax in the sand.   WOW, what a surprise.  Although there was little wind, the waves were enormous and the sea at times came right up to the dunes and finally, out into the parking lot!!!  I’ve never seen anything like it before.  We actually had to take our towels and move into the dunes to avoid getting washed over by the waves.

Our friends, Harald and Bela met us on the patio at Wax, a restaurant we all enjoy, for a lazy lunch.

The waves completely covered this beach right up and over the retaining wall!!

The patio of Wax. How wonderful to sit in the sunshine and enjoy lunch.

I ordered this calzone but could only eat about half.

Bela enjoys the fried squid.

Harald a spaghetti carbonara

Marc usually has a burger here as they are the best he’s found in Portugal…at least in the places we have eaten.

Happy humming sounds.

We ran a couple of errands on the way home but otherwise, complete slugs!!

This morning we had determined we would enjoy a walk before I headed off for my Portuguese lesson.  I had mentioned a small looped route I found the other day and Marc wanted to take it, and that’s what we did.  He thoroughly enjoyed it as it keeps us off the main route for most of the time.  Much more tranquil thas some we do.

The roses are popping up all over the place. I loved seeing the tiny dew drops clinging to the lips of this particular bloom.

The trail behind us comes up from the village to a large open orchard before it heads back down he other side of the hill.

We both love these huge lantana hedges that people frequently grown beside their driveway.

This hibiscus bloom is just starting to open. I was taken by the deep orange colour and he detail in the stamen.

Right after our walk, I finished my Portuguese homework from Monday then headed off for today’s class.  I am loving the experience of learning something new…..it clears the cobwebs out of my brain.  My instructor is charming and pleasant and that adds to the pleasure.

I don’t know if it was the walk, the concentration on my studies or a combination but by 13h00, I was ravenous!!!  Good thing we had already ordered lunch and Marc was waiting for me, wine glass already full!

Fried cuttlefish…..my first time to have this cooked in the Setubal style. Delicious

I quite enjoyed my fried cuttlefish.

Marc had a hankering for wings and fries and he was not disappointed.

Marc’s first panna cotta of the trip. Freshly made and specially decorated for Marc by Ana!!!

Here they are, Marc and Ana, enjoying a cozy and loving moment.

My bica, always a moment of immense pleasure at the end of a meal.

A lazy stroll home, me music and a tiny snooze, Marc is working on a submission and is immersed in that activity when time allows.  And now we find ourselves at the hour of the evening meal and realizing yet another day as slipped out from underneath us.