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| arriving in Portugal with the 24 hour flu. No fun but still looks like a champ |
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| Emilie thrilled to be in a big girl seat belt on the bus to the hotel |
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| mini golf |
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| Emilie's favorite thing to do on vacation. someone loves her stroller |
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| making "bath tubs" in the sand. the girls loved them as they could just sit and splash all they wanted.obviously we had to make two since they couldnt share. |
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| happy girl that loved the ocean! it was freezing and she just kept wanting to go back for more. |
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| bathing beauty |
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| pool time with papa |
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| little fish |
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| first boat ride to see the coast |
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| Emilie loved the tour and slept for a good hour of the 3 hour boat ride. |
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| coast with cliffs. loved it! |
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| we saw this face alot! Ms. E has quite the temper. |
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| me and my ladies |
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| sister fun |
Oh Portugal, how I loved seeing you. I have wanted to go to the south of Portugal, mainly the Algarve region, since we moved to Europe. almost 5 years now! Every summer I have suggested to Alex that we go, but it always seemed so expensive and we found other things at the time. So we finally booked our trip here and we were so excited. Its Club Med with a kids club starting at 4 months, very family friendly, right on a golf course, overlooking the beaches, sitting on top of a cliff, all the food and drinks included, etc.. It was a really nice vacation, but I am thinking that we were never supposed to go. The day before leaving, Charlotte threw up all over our car and in the middle of the night sleeping so there starts the 24 hour bug. She stopped getting sick so we left for the airport but she didnt eat really well for the next 3 days (dont blame her). Then we find out that the kids club is completely booked up already and since we just needed one or two mornings through the week we would have to wait everyday and see if someone canceled their spot. Luckily we still were able to put the girls in a few times to enjoy some time alone on the beach or so Alex could golf. But then on Wednesday, Alex starts getting a sore throat/fever. We chalk it up to the winds and still go on our boat excursion on Thursday. I was so excited to see the coast with the cliffs. That is the main reason I wanted to come to this area. Well, the weather started off really pretty and great but I forgot our sunblock and my wallet. Thankfully someone let us borrow some. Then after all that, while we are on the boat, the clouds roll in and the wind is crazy strong. Like freezing! All we wanted to do was get back where it was warm. When we finally get off the boat, our taxi is 40 minutes late and during the ride back to the hotel Emilie throws up everywhere and we had to pull over on the side of the road to clean her up. Thankfully the guy was so nice and seemed so understanding. And pretty much after that incident, Emilie stopped eating alot on vacation and proceeded to get sick 3 more times during our stay. Not fun! And to top it all off, Alex now has strep and I have a sore throat.
We did have a great vacation, and thankfully noone was sick all at the same time, but I feel like things are pointing to the fact we were maybe not supposed to go. I would love to go back to this area again one day as it is sooo beautiful, but maybe not stay with Club Med and rent a house or something, with a heated pool. Oh I forgot to mention that the only pool was a freezing 23 degrees celsius. Less than 75 degrees fahrenheit. Brrr¨!! Notice that none of the kids minded one bit! :)
