This morning, Jim & Bill went to the nearby Alto County Club to play golf. This of course meant no golf shoes, rental clubs and most important, a limited stock of golf balls. While the boys were golfing, the girls spent some time a Jardim’s indoor pool working on laps. The boys were paired up with a Scot father and son from Perth who were down for a week of golfing. It was a amiable foursome as we hacked our way around the links – well, at least I hacked. The course could be compared to Rockway except in length, as the longest par 5 was 605 metres. By the back nine the skies threatened and by the end of 16 the skies opened up and we retreated fairly sodden to our car and back to the apartment, not finishing the 18 holes. It was good exercise anyway and fun to meet the two Scottish gentlemen.
After lunch at the restaurant on the beach below Jardim do Vau, we headed off to Albufeira, the largest resort town on the Algarve. This was a very bustling place, considering it was off-season – one has to wonder what it would be like in the summer. It was also obvious that this is where the young people come. So…we were feeling that we chose the right location in Portimao. The rain left us alone in Albufeira but returned once back at Jardim do Vau. We went to another beach restaurant to finish the day – Il Timone – with a craving for something other than fish and that was our Thursday.
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