The amazing view to the Beach from our hotel room

My favourite thing about the hotel was that I just wasn't close to beach, i was ON the beach :p


Oh and yeah imagine our surprise and wonder when we were exploring the hotel and started hearing someone say "Olá!" (Hello) and imagine...it was a beautiful macaw (is that right?) named Laura!!
She's just so adorable, she even poses for the photos and shakes her head when i asked if she isn't gorgeous? And she was on the loose on top of everything, she never left her perch and there was no one around!Gorgeous!
The firework to celebrate the up coming of the new Year! And as usually i ended up getting a bath of champaign and got hit on the leg by a stopper!I sure do hope it's some sort of a good omen :P

Portimão's Marina
The beach "Praia da Rocha" seen from the "Miradouro de Sta Catarina"
Well hello tourists! These type of situations are perfectly normal. Apparently they are so many British living in Algarve that in case the euro dies they have an entire plan to "rescue" them, from what i do not know.We're in the middle of the winter, oh right it was about 17-19ºC that day but still, and to celebrate the new year they were going to take their first bath on the ocean. And that gentleman must have lost his entire clothes and was using some of his wife's...at least it wasn't a bikini as i've seen before!!!They are so funny and playfull!

And finally after 5 months apart i've touched sand again:P It's kilometres and kilometres of fine & warm sand until they hit the calm & tepid waters of the Atlantic ocean. Believe it or not since the outside temperature was close to the water's it was better than during the summer.
And i was booming with happiness, me and everyone of my family we couldn't believe that in the middle of winter we managed to catch such good weather.
And now the city centrer of Portimão, where all the good and yummy stuffs,oh and very characteristic of Algarve, lives!

"Largo do Dique"

First this is a place where they sell delicious and huge and cheap ice-creams. Memorize the name and how it looks!! The best is when you order ice-creams from the machines on the back (red square mark) and then you can choose how many flavours you want and the shape of your ice-cream by looking at the list (marked with a yellow circle).
See how it looks? These one has 2 flavours: vanilla and chocolate and it was 2,10 euros!It really is that good.Check it out, i've only found about it cus of my godmother told me;)
And around the corner on the street "Júdice Biker", another place to visit! If you haven't heard one of the most famous Algarve's delights are "Doces Finos" and here is were they sell the best of the best! Just in front of the bank. Don't let others fool you, these is where they sell the best ones!!
The front windows filled with their traditional handmade pastries. Some made of figs (the dark ones) and others made of "Doce de Amêndoa" (Sweet Almond and marzipan) the colourful ones.
A close up on the "Doces Finos" the ones made of marzipan and sweet almond filling, definitely my fav :D
 The usual tiny cup of pure and strong coffee and a pict of the sweet almond filling!There's a huge variety of shapes and sizes to choose from, each 1,10 euros. There's pigs, fishes, birds, Santa, rabbits, cherries...The bigger the more filling they have :P They are good, but if your not a fan of marzipan then u probably won't like them which is a shame. They are so good that they're addicting. U gotta try them for heavens sake, i don't know how to describe them, they leave me speechless.
 More "Doces Finos". ALL HANDMADE
The pigs are so cute!!!
And sadly we had to leave Portimão and head back home
 But there still was one last stop before home for lunch. Yet another place where they offer traditional "Alentejana" food in Ourique.
The entrance consists of local olives (see how they're not alike and perfectly round that means they're fresh) and olive oil cheese just awesome for my lactose allergic.
 The main Course: "Migas à Alentejana" ! Pig meat barred with ground pepper and garlic and then fried. The fat released from the meat is then strained. Then is added to sliced ​​bread (plus water) and it's immediately crushed until it's acquires a form of a ball and then it's served with the fried meat, as seen on the photo. It's a 7,50 the dose. On the picture u see a 2 size dose.
A 1 one dose size of also "Migas" but these time not pig meat but T-bone steak. Not as good as pig, go for the pig instead ;)
 Yummy this is what i call eat till to u drop. The desserts were disappointing for a restaurant that has pretty much everything local and fresh the desserts were straight out of the package, just awful, i don't recommend them, don't waist your money on them. Other than that the dish is the best i've ever try of "Migas" u won't find it cooked that well anywhere else and such a good price.
Again i do not eat like these everyday just during festivities and it's over now, back to gym, reality and long walks not that i don't like it!

More "Doces Finos"