News Flash: This just in - Jungle receives huge award for completing ARC Europe Rally. Award received for listing in Jungle breakage report - Malfunctioning Windshield Washer. We received a telescoping squeegie and a bottle of wine. Here is the proud crew (Jim, Jenée, Don) posing with Andrew Bishop, ARC Director and Martinho Fortunato, Lagos Marina Manager. This proves that last place has it's rewards - yes!
We went to tour the fort (Castelo - huge place) and all the gates were shut tight. We ran into the local police and asked when it was open for tours and they said it was a private residence. They said it was a wealthy Portugese family - I guess so. Jenée did a great job on all these pictures. Later today, we'll sail (overnight) for the Spanish city of Cadiz which puts us at the mouth of Gibraltar. Bon dia.
This little restaurant on the beach had great food so we dinghied into the beach later for dinner. They were also featuring a 5 piece jazz band - sweet!
We strolled up and over the town and arrived at this beach resort and there's Jungle. As always, we prefer anchoring to marinas.
Classic or what ?! We tied our dinghy off to this wall while we toured around Ferragudo.
Castles and forts protect the entrance to most of the old Mediterranean harbors. Portimao dates back to the 16th century. Now we are anchored in Portimao, facing the town of Ferragudo. This is a much smaller town and it turned out we enjoyed this side better. We'll get off the boat and tour this old fort.
These are sights you will only see in Europe.
Heading out of Lagos you can see that the harbor is actually cut out of a river. We enjoyed Lagos.
The walk bridge over the Lagos Marina is open and it's time to go. Jungle is setting sail for points east. It will be a long journey ... Actually, we're going 7 miles to Portimao. We were told that it's a quaint town with lots to see.
News Flash: This just in - Jungle receives huge award for completing ARC Europe Rally. Award received for listing in Jungle breakage report - Malfunctioning Windshield Washer. We received a telescoping squeegie and a bottle of wine. Here is the proud crew (Jim, Jenée, Don) posing with Andrew Bishop, ARC Director and Martinho Fortunato, Lagos Marina Manager. This proves that last place has it's rewards - yes!
We went to tour the fort (Castelo - huge place) and all the gates were shut tight. We ran into the local police and asked when it was open for tours and they said it was a private residence. They said it was a wealthy Portugese family - I guess so. Jenée did a great job on all these pictures. Later today, we'll sail (overnight) for the Spanish city of Cadiz which puts us at the mouth of Gibraltar. Bon dia.
This little restaurant on the beach had great food so we dinghied into the beach later for dinner. They were also featuring a 5 piece jazz band - sweet!
We strolled up and over the town and arrived at this beach resort and there's Jungle. As always, we prefer anchoring to marinas.
Classic or what ?! We tied our dinghy off to this wall while we toured around Ferragudo.
Castles and forts protect the entrance to most of the old Mediterranean harbors. Portimao dates back to the 16th century. Now we are anchored in Portimao, facing the town of Ferragudo. This is a much smaller town and it turned out we enjoyed this side better. We'll get off the boat and tour this old fort.
These are sights you will only see in Europe.
Heading out of Lagos you can see that the harbor is actually cut out of a river. We enjoyed Lagos.
The walk bridge over the Lagos Marina is open and it's time to go. Jungle is setting sail for points east. It will be a long journey ... Actually, we're going 7 miles to Portimao. We were told that it's a quaint town with lots to see.
2 comments:
Jim,
Great of you to call Marc on Sunday. He really appreciated your thoughtfulness. It was a good day all around.
Nice squeegie.
Happy Sailing...
Gary, Nobody loves a good squeegie more than me. Don't get me started! Thanks for the note. Jim
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