Solo Wanderings

We’ve been enjoying a fairly active pace since arriving here, which I love, but every now and then I simply feel the need to wander off on my own. Today I took advantage of the sunshine and a day to myself and headed off early morning with a “sort of” list of things I needed to do and a few things I simply wanted to do. Marc and Joanne were both content to stay at home and hang out which gave me the permission I needed to head off.

My first stop was a quick visit with Pat and Gary to wish Norine and John a bon voyage as they head off to Porto tomorrow.

I eventually wound my way to Fuzeta, parked near the old church, then spent a couple of hours simply wandering up and down tiny cobblestoned streets, along the fishing harbour, and finally, socks and shoes off and a lovely stroll in the warm sand. I think I must have resembled some of the nearby seabirds, my head bobbing up and down and I went back and forth along the shoreline, soaking up rays, but mostly reveling in how the sand felt squishing around between my toes. Bliss!

I came across many flowering plants and shrubs, a couple that I had not seen before.

That last plant, it was actually an enormous tree, that I cannot identify. It looks close up like a bottle bush plant but the blooms are in fact only about two inches long and very slender. I will keep hunting to find out what it is.

I always feel such an affinity with Fuzeta as it was my first introduction to the Algarve. I have spent many wonderful times, and created so many special memories in and around the town, the salt flats, the beaches. Being there and wandering in silence is such a gift for me.

I met up with an old colleague/friend, Gord West, and along with his wonderful wife, Freda, and her son Shaun, we had a good gab, a wander down to the old main square for a coffee and a few chuckles. We’ll certainly be seeing each other again while they are here. It was great to “catch up”

I feel sated with my day, almost a bit Zen. And in closing…….this…..something I spotted over a fence that I would love to have seen closer and certainly ask the question……WHY?