May 2009

Algarve stretched along the coastline of Atlantics. And a little bit inland, further into the mountain range of Monchique with the highest point almost a kilometre above the sea level. As opposed to tourist-infected coast, the Monchique area is reasonably peaceful and mostly agricultural – figs, oranges, olives and masses of cork oak. Sure, once […]

Strangely enough, staying in the middle makes it easy to explore the edges. One of the days we took a journey to the East of Algarve. This is the side where Portugal has borders with Spain. We left hotel pretty early planning to beat the traffic. Our plans were rudely breached by the fact there

Portugal is a westernmost country of Europe, squeezed in the corner of the continent, washed over by Atlantic Ocean from the West and the South. I googled the name and discovered that it derived from roman Portus Cale, which means the Port of the Celts. Apparently, it was settled by Celts before being conquered by