Friday, May 16, 2014

Daniels Europe 2014: April 22. Tuesday. Only two more weeks until our ...

PORTUGAL II

We had a marvelous day in Algarve.  We were kids on bikes.  With a group, we had a two and a half hour ride

on a nature tour.  We rode on a trail behind the large dunes of the ocean.  Our guide, Alex, was fun and informative.  On the way we saw beautiful mansions, storks nesting and flying, two flamingos feeding in a marsh, a baby turtle and many, many other birds.  It was sunny and the wind was with us at good measure.  A golf ball whizzed over our heads.  Golf courses abound!  That poor golfer will never find his/her stray ball!  The bike trail was fun, with pot holes full of water.  Splashing through them was a kick! and steering around them was a challenge!  The plant life amazes us.  There is everything from cacti to pine trees.  Huge agave plants!  And...we came to a salt processing place and there were two huge mounds of salt.  Our guide told us he takes salt from there and so a few of us found whatever we had to collect some of the salt and use it.  Natural sea salt.  Good.  After a shower and a bit of lunch, we played a couple of rounds of mini golf.  All of the spots were designed after putting greens of various famous gold courses.   We are off to Costa del Sol for a one week stay.  We should catch lots of sun there.

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