Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

We are absolutely loving the south coast and Portugal. It has basically everything we had been looking for. Sunshine – check. Beaches – check. Cheap food and wine – check. Awesome people – check. Beautiful cities – check. After we said goodbye to mom, Kayla and Evelyn we decided to slow down and really savour Read more

Mom and Kayla’s time was winding down in the sun so we thought it was best to get some more beach days in before they headed back to the cold and grey. The first afternoon we thought was going to be too cold for the beach since it was quite windy at our place. We Read more

After a relaxing day at home on Saturday we felt a little more adventurous on Sunday. We decided to head in and check out Faro, the closest “big” city to us. We had a bit of a slow start – there was some confusion on whether we should eat and where to get coffee and Read more

Since we were going to be spending a couple of weeks on the coast we decided to make sure we had a place that we could just relax in. We managed to find a pretty spectacular place to fit us all. Saturday we were all feeling a little lazy and decided to just hang around Read more

The closest town to where we are staying is Albufeira. It’s a coastal town that is known for its strip of bars catering to British hen parties. Not really our scene but they have an old part to the town that was fun to wander around. Plus they have a beach, which we all know Read more

With our time in Lisbon over, we packed up the car and headed for the algarve region on the south coast. We were sad to say tchau to Lisboa but the prospect of beaches, sunshine, and a visit from mom, Kayla and Evelyn made it easier. We made the drive relatively easily and got settled Read more