A Good Day in Albufeira

We woke up to an excellent day in Albufeira. The weather was all sun and close to 20C. What else could you want.

One problem cropped up this morning. You will remember that in the last post, we decided to get a little more exercise. This was to be done swimming and surfing. In that vein, we had commited to join the surfing competition that was on for this morning. We even had asked our waiter friend, Romeo, to photograph the event. You will recall Romeo a couple of posts ago sitting with Bonnie in the comfy chairs. With my beer in front of him I might add.
In case you forgot, here it is again.

We had booked our surf boards and were ready for the great adventure.
Down to the beach we went, only to discover that with this wonderful weather, calm wind and all, had meant the waves were insufficient for the competition to go on.
Oh well, maybe another day.

As we needed some exercise, we headed to Fisherman's Beach, and up the mountain to the lookout spot. I know we were there earlier, on the "hop on hop off" bus and the "hop on hop off" mini train, but I neglected to include pictures of them. You may have noticed that the original picture of the bus was a picture from the brochure, because I forgot to take a picture of the bus at the right time.
Here are the pictures.

While we were up on lookout point, we took a couple more pictures, as we needed to rest before the trek back down.
The 1st one is looking east. The 2nd is Bonnie and some of her new friends.

Time for some refreshment and lunch.
Off to the square and Sir Harry's. This is the place where a couple of locals play the pipe music. Sound is wonderful, so that is where we stopped.
While we were having our lunch, we noticed the square started to fill with people. I asked the waitress if anything was happening. She said, not that she was aware of.

Shortly after, a parade started. Apparently it was kids from the local school, all in costume, parading through the square. The costumes were fantastic.
The pictures are only of a couple of the many groups.

All in all, a wonderful day. Hopefully the surfing competition will be back on before we leave.

By the way, we have heard that some folks are having trouble commenting on the blog, but we are receiving comments from others. Do any of you computer folks have any ideas?