Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

Category: Parts Unknown

  • 3 countries 2 continents 1 day

    We left our place in Ferreiras uncharacteristically early. We woke the kids at 545, piled them in the car and set off for the Tarifa-Tangier ferry. The scenery was beautiful. I didn’t realize we were going to wind through hills and mountains on our way down to the Strait of…

  • Carnaval, carna-carnaval!

    It just so happens that we are in Portugal for Carnavale! We are staying about 20 minutes from Loulé which hosts one of the largest celebrations in the country. Carnavale celebrates the beginning of lent and summer and was so much fun! We ended up going two days the kids…

  • Settling in.

    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…

  • Fisherman’s Beach

    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…

  • Faro

    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…

  • Our new home

    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…

  • Albufeira

    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…

  • Algarve Bound

    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…