Soaking up the kindness and warmth from the people of Alvor

The folks in Alvor are happy to see people. They smile and mean it. Most locals we have encountered speak very good English. They seem to appreciate our efforts to speak Portuguese. After a sentence of my Southern English, the locals are quite surprised when I end with: obrigada (female version of thank you; males say Obrigado) as we leave. They give a big smile and return the Portuguese thank you. We do speak a few words or phrases of Portuguese thanks to our Language translator app.—Obrigada Elise!

We had a fun day laughing at ourselves over some miscommunication of language. We walked over 6 miles today around the village. We had a great lunch at an Italian restaurant named: Pepperino. Once again, the food was amazing! We had a great dinner at “home” catered by Mary’s Bar and Hardware (some will understand this…HaHaHa). It was delicious!

Our evening entertainment is Ice Hockey (NHL) highlights on YouTube. Our VRBO TV has 6 stations and they all are in Portuguese. Which is ok!! When in Portugal…