Portugese Cool Waters

It is official, IT IS A HEAT WAVE. I will wait until the newspapers and the two"Plainfield" blogs report on Mondays Council Agenda setting meeting before making my few comments. The pros can handle meetings better than I.

Instead lets dream of pleasent waters. Look at these photos and then close your eyes and dream


Wouldn't it be great to join the bathers on this quiet Algarve (Portugal) beach near Albuferia. Obviously there are steps down the cliffs to reach the beach. The cliffs that mark this coast are the results of eons of action by the ocean waves.






To the east at Albuferia there is direct entry to the beach. This resort town caters to tourist as an high grade alternative to the French Riviera. It was and probably still is a favorite of the British.


The Algarve shore is golden sand. unlike the Mediteranean Riviera beaches which are pebble and stone


The beach at Nice. Look carefully at the lage stones which are typical of these beaches, don't look too hard at what else is typical of the Riviera beaches. You have to rent the pltforms to sunbath.

Not far to the west of Albferia lies Portimeao, the largest city of the Algarve. It is the Sardine Capital of southern Portugal. When the sardine boats come in and unload their catch, street vendors set up and grill sardines over charcoal/wood fires. These small fish cooked coated in oil and garlic are a gourmet's delight.

Further west is Lagos, the port from which Henry the Navigator and other Portuguese set sail. And only a short distance westward is Cape St. Vincent, the westernmost portion of Continental Europe.

It is hard to imagine that this is the Atlantic Ocean and yet so calm.