Mar 18, 2007 - Sines

Today we spent the day in Sines,a town about 15 minutes south of Santo Andre. The birthplace of Portugals most famous explorer Dom Vasco da Gama,Sines is on the verge of being the largest container Portfacilities on th Iberian Peninsula. We started the day with a short play on the beach and then toured the old town centre. The narrow cobblestone streets criss crossed and intersected each other in no clear pattern,so we just lost ourselves for the day. As it was a Sunday,the streets were quiet,and we had all day to explore the architecture...

Mar 14, 2007 - Santo Andre

Hello Everyone, we are here in Portugal catching up and enjoying many beautiful beaches. The weather has been on our side about 24-27 degrees everyday. The kids have been doing school work every other day and sharing many memories in their journals. I had my first run in with a hardcore Gypsy at the market, Scott was trying on a vest that she said was 15 euro it was o.k. but I was not loving it. If the price was right,like 10 euro maybe we might have bought it. Well,if looks could kill! Scott still had the vest on,and she started to yell...

Mar 11, 2007 - Morgan and Michelles Page

Hello its Morgan and Michelle its 7:15 were in Portugal right now at my dads friends house. We got here yesterday at 5:30 he has a really cool house. Today we went on my dads friends blow cart. We didn't go on it but we watched the guys. We miss you guys michelle is going to write now. Hello its Michelle. Yesterday in Spain when we got our hotel we went out for dinner. When we were looking around we past a church that had almost 1000's of bats on the tip of it. It was somthing I have never seen before. P.S. half of our hotel was aN old...

Mar 10, 2007 - Salamanca to Santo Andre

Hello everyone! It's Kenya here! Unfortunatly I have been sick for the past couple days, but I will give you an idea of what we have been doing here. Right after our London calling was over we headed straight to a little place called Rotherham, to meet some friends that my Mom and Dad met in Africa. We spent about 6 days with them, and I had an awesome time. Malcolm is the man that my parents met in Africa, and he is absoulutly hillarious! He was married to Ange who my mom knew very well. Him and his wife Nicole just had baby girl twins...

Feb 21, 2006 - The Alentejo Region, Portugal

The province of Alentejo runs along the west coast of Portugal from the Algarve to Lisbon and east to the Spanish border. It is considered Portugal's least populated and poorest province, mostly because it depends on agriculture, the farms are small, the farmers aging and the youth head to the cities to get away from the hard life of their parents. It is surprising to find elderly people farming in much the same way their forefathers did: everything done by hand using donkeys or oxen, living in tiny brick buildings with washtubs at the...