Category Archives: Project Portugal

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 →

At last its the 30th March and time for the off. We had booked the same time flights and car reservations that I had taken when I flew out in January to make the purchase, so I was very confident … Continue reading →

The time between January and Easter seemed endless. We started to look at what equipment we might need, but knowing we wouldn’t be able to get it there until the summer, when we took the car. This did help to … Continue reading →

We had made the decision to fly down for the Easter break, so knowing easyJet’s policy of the earlier you book the cheaper the flights I was very quickly on the web site looking for a deal. I also used … Continue reading →