I won flights to Hamilton Island at the Qantas Link Classic in Bonville this year – thank you @QantasLink and @Bonville your sponsorship is much appreciated. Hubby arranged yet another fantastic getaway, 3 nights on Hamilton Island (Hammo – as it is known in Australia). It is in the Great […]
A few things that I forgot to mention on yesterdays blog. In the restaurant, I was looking at the menu wanting to know what the prices of the degustation menu was – John kept saying it is at the bottom. I squint a bit as my eye sight isn’t that […]
The flight was painless and we arrived at 2am then had a 20 min trip to our hotel. As part of the hotel deal they picked us up at the airport – we were picked up in a Bentley. It was very fancy, I didn’t even know that the car was running […]
Up early, pack and explore Alfama on foot after a hearty breakfast. We were feeling great after our first night in 2 weeks on a decent mattress and pillows, bliss! Alfama was all up hill, but very similar to the explore of Chiada yesterday – except no-one was up and […]
John started the day helping relocate his family to the airport, whilst Bob and Gill finished the housework. I had the lame excuse of packing and writing the blog. It was a very easy journey back to Lisbon with Johns expert driving. We took the longer route to Lisbon so […]
Last day together, everyone is in the pool, packing a little with a hint of sadness but lots of re-living the holidays joviality, pranks, and general good times. It is hard to have 9 people in each others hair for 2 weeks and not get irritated – but I can […]
Finally Patty’s boat trip day has arrived. At 3pm today we are going on a river cruise of the Ria Formosa National Park. Firstly Shaz, John and Sam are up early to play 18 holes on San Lorenzo on the recommendation of Nick. Sam cannot play as you have to […]
More Crazy golf for the Thompson clan.. A laze around the pool catching up with Bob and Gill and Pat. The Villa has an old style built in barbeque and we have had many failed attempts at lighting charcoal and getting the barbeque going. Nick managed to get it going […]
Nick and Daph leave today, we play the No 1 Golf course in Portugal, the other Thompsons are playing (you guessed it) crazy golf, Pat is reading her book on her shady couch and Bob and Gill arrive. Rich takes Nick and Daph to the airport and they fly to […]
Another glorious day, more fun to be had. A lazy start with breakfast and the production line we have going – first one up squeezes the fresh orange and then a communal breakfast minus Caz and Jack who are the late sleepers. Off back to experience the lake we went […]
Sharon Thompson 