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Marina de Lagos

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    • Day 21

      Lagos und Abschied von Ferragudo

      March 20 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      Letzte Station des heutigen Tages wird Lagos. Für unseren Geschmack zu touristisch. Vorbei an der Igreja de Santo Antonio und dem Castelo dos Governandores erreichen wir den Batata Beach und gelangen durch kleine Felstunnel zu unserem eigentlichen Ziel, dem Praia dos Estudantes, an dessen Ende eine pittoreske Brücke zu bestaunen ist; hier entstehen viele tolle Fotos. Auf dem Rückweg streifen wir noch die grüne Villa und ein Viertel in dem es Graffitis zu bestaunen gibt.
      Mit einem großartigen Sonnenuntergang verabschieden auch wir uns von Ferragudo und der Algarve.
      1000 Dank an Bernd für seine Gastfreundschaft und das Speed-Sightseeing ;-)
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    • Day 48

      Lagos

      May 4, 2023 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

      Lagos empfängt uns mit einem Mittelalterfest. Die ganze Stadt ist in mittelalterlichen Kostümen unterwegs, sogar die Kids!
      Überall sind (Fr)essbuden aufgestellt und duftendes Fleisch dreht sich auf Spießen.

      Sogar Jack Sparrow mit seiner Piratenbande winkt uns von seinem Schiff zu. Na ja, okay... eine portugiesische Flagge hatte seine Black Pearl sicher nicht, aber egal... wer schaut schon auf solche Feinheiten. 🤪

      Für morgen haben wir eine Bootstour zu den Höhlen von Benagil incl. Delfinbeobachtung gebucht... wir sind schon ganz gespannt!
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    • Day 124

      Lagos bei Nacht 🌙✨😴

      November 16, 2023 in Portugal ⋅ 🌙 18 °C

      Wir sind am Nachmittag nach Lagos gefahren und haben uns die Stadt bei Nacht angeschaut.

      Die restliche Nacht haben wir dann auf einem Parkplatz in der Stadt verbracht. War etwas unromantisch, aber ok.Read more

    • Day 19

      Delfine in Lagos

      November 14, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

      Heute steht mal etwas ganz anderes auf dem Programm. Ich habe eine Bootstour gebucht und zwar zur Delfinbeobachtung. Das RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat, mit dem schönen deutschen Namen Festrumpfschlauchboot) ist fix unterwegs und fährt mit ca. 10 Gästen weit raus. 1,5h soll die Tour dauern, aber nach 1h haben wir immer noch nichts gesehen außer ein paar Seevögeln.
      Ich habe mich schon damit abgefunden, als wir doch noch Glück haben und nahe einer großen Gruppe Basstölpel die Delfine finden. Es handelt sich um den gemeinen Delfin (Delphinus delphis), die häufigste Art hier.
      Durch Film und Fernsehen kennt man aber eher den Großen Tümmler.
      Das Boot fährt in die Nähe der Delfine, stellt den Motor ab und die Tiere scheinen von selbst zum Boot zu kommen, unter dem Boot hindurchzutauchen und auch in die Luft zu springen 🐬 😯
      Es sind viele, laut dem Guide 40-50 Tiere. Es ist ein grandioses Erlebnis, nachdem man eine Stunde lang auf den leeren Ozean gestarrt hat.
      Ich hoffe diese Art des Tourismus stresst die Tiere nicht, aber sie sollen von Natur aus neugierig und verspielt sein. Außerdem ist der Ozean ziemlich groß und die Delfine könnten bestimmt leicht ausweichen.
      Freundlicherweise überzieht die Crew die Zeit, damit wir ca. 25 min mit den Delfinen haben. Aber dann müssen wir leider wieder zurück in den Hafen.
      Auf dem Rückweg sehe ich noch die Grotten beim Leuchtturm von der Seeseite aus.
      Danach schlendere ich noch durch die hübsche Altstadt.
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    • Day 16

      Lagos

      October 6, 2023 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

      Ein kurzer morgentlicher Stop am Braia do .Zavial.
      Lagos ist die zweitgrösste Stadt der Westalgave. Das Flüsschen Ribeita de Bensafrim mündrt bei Lago ins Meer, am Hafen ist es in einen künstlich angeleften Kanal umgeleitet. Eine schöne Uferpromenade mit Palmen gesäumt ist der Blickfang der Stadt. Viele schöne Gassen laden zum flanieren ein.
      In Alvor auf dem Campingplatz werden wir unsere nächste Nacht verbringen. Inzwischen hat es über 30°.
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    • Day 12

      Ponta da Piedade

      April 5, 2023 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

      Here we go again! Dianne has another great idea! Boat ride to see the caves! Sounds ok but in reality it was one fun 75 minutes! It was neat to see the caves like the ones we walked over in our previous hike. Again we put our cameras to work and took a few shots!Read more

    • Day 2

      1. Etappe Lagos-Luz

      January 11, 2023 in Portugal ⋅ 🌙 15 °C

      Es gibt nicht viel Beruhigenderes als Meeresrauschen oder? Besonders mag ich dieses leise sssssss, wenn das Wasser im Sand versinkt. Angekommen in Luz nach meiner 1. Etappe von 11km sitze ich hier nun am Strand und blicke aufs weite Meer hinaus. Viel gibt es nicht zu erzählen außer, dass mich das Meer und die Sonne und die Natur hier sehr schön empfangen. Mir geht es gut mit mir! Lassen wir die Bilder für sich sprechen.Read more

    • Day 65

      A 70th birthday bash

      September 14, 2021 in Portugal ⋅ 🌧 22 °C

      We will be missing Margaret’s big Birthday celebrations in October so we do a surprise mini Birthday while she is here.
      Margaret always volunteers to help out with the shopping so I wasn’t able to buy a birthday cake without her seeing - she didn’t bat an eyelid when I put a huge cake in the trolley… Maybe it was because it said happy birthday in Portuguese not English.
      Today it was supposed to rain all day but Margaret’s optimism and sunny disposition shone through, and it was nice enough in the afternoon to go to the beach. Margaret and Donal headed there first and we hung back and decorated the boat. She got a great surprise when we got back from the beach, the cake hadn’t given away our plan at all - she just assumed I had bought it because I love cake.
      We had champagne and presents in the sunshine in the cockpit. The most precious gifts were the ones Ruby and Colm had bought themselves and the cards they had made. They had hit the tourist shops of Lagos before Margaret ever landed in Portugal. Ruby found her a traditional ceramic dish and Colm gave her a bag with a Portuguese tile pattern printed on it. In each pocket he had put a little surprise - a patterned pen, notebook and a Portugal postcard.

      For a celebratory dinner we go to a traditional restaurant which Margaret had enjoyed several times on previous trips here. The food is cooked on an open charcoal grill and we eat cuttle fish, ribs and tuna. The views are nearly as good as the boatyard - we are looking across at the train station.
      The party rolls on to the funfair and Margaret instigates a ride on the King - this will definitely catapult her into her seventies. Ronan, Colm and I join her and we start off laughing which quickly turns into screaming and as the King does a 360 overhead and thunders back around to the ground there is silence and white knuckles. Once the King slows down, our voices find laughter again. Margaret O’Driscoll’s joie de vivre is incredible.
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    • Day 64

      Nana and Grandad arrive

      September 13, 2021 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

      It is such a pleasure to welcome Margaret and Donal to Regal in Lagos. Ruby and Colm bound down to meet them when they get dropped off at the Marina by taxi.

      Donal and Margaret have played such a big part in this trip. We have been inspired by their sailing adventures and they have been a huge support to us on ours. We are here thanks to them.
      We are so grateful for the countless hours of work Donal has spent on Regal over the last two years. We figure that he must be missing it by now so we treat him to a full day on her tweaking and improving things. We really spoil him by bringing him to a restaurant that’s next to the chandlery and right in the middle of the boatyard- the view wouldn’t be to everyone’s taste but the food is superb.
      We have a day at the beach where we set up camp and on the other two days in Lagos we get there for a swim and a jump in the waves. There are several trips to Pingo Doce Supermarket - primarily because you can get a coffee and a fresh Pastel da Nata there for €1… everyone was volunteering to do shopping.
      We crossed the footbridge several times to go into the main town of Lagos. It is a different experience there as Margaret observed, like another town. The Marina area has all you need and you go over the bridge to experience the hustle and bustle of the thriving tourist town.
      On our last day in Lagos we leave the Marina to tie up outside on the visitors berth. Access under the footbridge to and from the Marina is only available between 9am and 8pm and we want an early start in the morning. It is such fun watching the bridge lift up while the pedestrians wait and watch on either side - our moment of celebrity, we smile and wave for people’s holiday snaps.
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    • Day 62

      A week in Lagos

      September 11, 2021 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

      Lagos Marina is a lovely place to be. The Pontoon we are on is very big and lots of boats come and go and more ARC boats arrive. Perhaps it is the transient nature of it that makes it so friendly. We meet lots of different people who all have interesting stories.
      As I am walking into town I hear a heavily accented voice calling ‘ Margaret’ - I figure it couldn’t be me as I don’t know anyone here. It turns out that I do, It is Yerc, a young Dutch boat hitchhiker I had a met a few days earlier before he left for Portimao. He had hitched a ride on a 38 foot a English boat which had all the crew it needed as far as we could see. There was the owners, their 9 year old daughter, 20 year old son and another man as well as their Collie. I find sharing this space with my immediate family a squash and a squeeze so I am full of admiration for people who share their boat with strangers.
      Yerc is back in town looking for a lift to the Canaries and from there he plans on hitching a ride to the Caribbean. He is one of 3 young boat hitchhikers we meet in Lagos all hoping to cross the Atlantic, The most ambitious of them is a young French man who is trying to travel around the world without money.
      All on board Regal are all happy to be in one place for a while and with have a mix of jobs and fun here.
      We finally source wheels for our Dingy at the super chandlery here and Ronan installs them - This will make bringing the dingy ashore a whole lot easier from now on.
      We do a two trolley shop in the Pingo Doce supermarket and make a terrible racket wheeling the trolleys on cobbled paths past the lovely cafes at the marina interrupting people’s coffees and serenity. Shopping excursions take so much longer than at home and is a much sweatier affair. There is navigational challenge of an unfamiliar supermarket - doing four laps to find honey then hauling all the shopping back to the boat followed by stowing it in on the boat - in cupboards, under seats and under the floorboards. Feeling frazzled after all this, the best solution for the crew is an afternoon at the Marina pool - We pay a pretty penny to get in and we make the most of the pool, the loungers and the table service.
      During the week we have trips to the beautiful beach nearby and walks in and around the town which is humming with tourists. People are here from all over and we by the end of the week I don’t even twitch when I hear an Irish accent, it is so prevalent.
      We finally pull the school books out of their box in the bilges and start to get our heads around boat-schooling. After 2 hours of maths the books are shelved as preparations begin for Nana and Grandad arrival.
      I continue to do regular Orca watch online and am very happy for our sake that they seem to be migrating north.
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