Monthly Archives: April 2012

We already had the ferry crossing booked for the next trip, planned for August. That seems such a long time away. So now we needed to find somewhere to stay, we hadn’t booked anywhere till now as we wanted to … Continue reading →

The week was over, it was time to pack up and head home. It had been an incredible week, so much had happened, good, bad and indifferent. Did I mention my back! With everything we were still very positive about … Continue reading →

We had one further meeting with the architect that week, Pedro came to the hotel to present to us his proposal, this didn’t have any real detail of the property we wanted, but was the contract of their fees and … Continue reading →

It was Teresa’s birthday, definitely a day off from the clearing of the stream, after all we was on holiday as well, so need some leisure time. It was a good opportunity to get in the hire car and explore. … Continue reading →

It doesn’t have any bearing on the process of the purchase and build, but it is becoming more difficult to describe the property and surrounding area so I have posted a map here so you can see roughly where we … Continue reading →

Just a short blog entry this time, we feel it’s about time we introduced ourselves a little more, just because we will probably start appearing in a few photo’s posted on this blog. You may, if you read it have … Continue reading →

Although we were not the only people in the hotel, there were not that many other guests. As we still didn’t know the area well, we didn’t know where there were any restaurants and as we were tired most nights … Continue reading →

Alongside the work, we were trying to track down Maria and Paulo to find out what was happing about meeting up with an architect. It took us several attempts and a while to contact them and I think they didn’t … Continue reading →

There is a stream that runs down the side of the lower terraces and crosses the property between the lower and upper terraces. When we had seen the property the previous year and in fact when I visited in January … Continue reading →

We were up early the next morning. Saturday 1st April. Down for breakfast as early as we could. I think we must have been first down, or was this hotel as busy as the one I had used in January, … Continue reading →