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| Chocolate covered figs, yum! |
I've been everywhere man....
What a great day of sightseeing with my host, Bijiou. She does property management for holiday rental houses, and this being a weekend she goes out to say hi to people who arrived yesterday and today, to make sure everything is okay and see they're settled in. She invited me to 'tag along ' as she was going to quite a few different town. Off course a yes from me, what better way to spend the day then with a local! Well, first stop was her mum, and I spent a pleasant half an hour with a 91 year old French lady with so much zest for life. Her English was very good, and it was so interesting listening to her tell me about the area. She did incidentally tell me Cliff Richard was her next door neighbour, and yes, had my photo taken at his gate.
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| Cliff Richards gate... |
She had the most beautiful figs from her garden, even some chocolate covered ones, which were divine. Then we were off again, winding our way up and down the coast, through lots of small villages, all the while Bijou telling me history and interesting facts about Algarve. We visited a very exclusive area, where house prices start at €2.000.000, about NZ $3.600.000.
This guy bought a house for €3.500.000, then literally had the house demolished and rebuild for 2.5 million, so a NZ $10.000.000. Golf membership is €250.000. Anyway, that's a very small part of the coast, and a sharp contrast with the beautiful simple villages and narrow winding roads on the hills lying beyond. We stopped at a building that was previously a palace, now used as a hotel, with ornately decorated ceilings and gilded mirrors, again with stunning views. Home to use the washing machine, oh such simple luxuries.
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| Palace turned hotel |
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