Isobel and Harry at the long-stay bus stop
A Trip to Albufeira: The Hotel Paraiso, Portugal - 3rd April 2016
Isobel sorts out a relatively cheap and cheerful holiday to the Algarve, at the Hotel Paraiso in Albufeira. It's a late-ish flight out of Stansted, and the first morning is grey and damp - but the 80's-style canteen is doing breakfast, and there's a shuttle bus to take us for our first look around the old Albufeira town. Whilst looking around, we decide to try out "Sir Harry's Bar", on account of it being Harry's name and all, in what turns out to be the first of several visits.
next album: Gary and Vanessa's Barbeque, Alcantarilha, Algarve, Portugal - 7th April 2016
previous album: Sarah's Birthday, Pulham Market Village Hall, Pulham, Norfolk - 2nd April 2016
Harry's on his Trunki
Fred messes around
Harry and Isobel on the bendy bus to Stansted
Fred on the bus to the airport
Fred hauls his Trunki around the check-in area
The broken-down monorail train is going nowhere
Stray aircraft steps on the apron
A wet Stansted
An Easyjet A320 at the Stansted terminal
A limp windsock hangs in the drizzle
Harry on the plane
It's time for breakfast after our late night
Hotel canteen, 80s style
The boys check out the hotel
Parasols wrapped up against the rain
Isobel roams around
Fred on a climbing frame
The Soviet charms of the Hotel Paraiso
Isobel looks out from the balcony
Boys on a wall
We roam around the shops in Albufeira
A 'don't piss here' message on a wall
A street in to Albufeira
Fred picks up a Portugal football
Harry digs away in the sand
Some dude trudges up the beach
More football action, as Isobel's hair goes flying
Harry carries a bucket up some steps
A selfie with umbrellas
The beach is mostly deserted
We wander around near a church
Shopping street in old Albufeira
Harry by an Ale-Hop cow
A dog looks out from the roof of a BP Gas retailer
We land in Sir Harry's bar
A wrecked wall
Fred by a pale-green building
The boys do some rides
An Albuefeira cork shop
Salted cod in the Continente supermarket
Harry messes around on the sofa
Isobel and Harry pass a quaintly-fading building
Bricked-up doors
Indian Taj takeaway in Albufeira
Isobel and Harry in the El Brigante restaurant
Fred looks shocked
Harry gets an ice cream
Opposite the restaurant is the 'Geordie Viking'
The El Brigante restaurant
Neon sign from the next-door hotel - the Brisa Sol
Fred finds a friend to play darts with
Down in the games room, we play pinball for a bit
Street art on some comms cabinet
Portugal graffiti
Harry and Isobel in the Biblioteca Municipal
Elanna and Harry
Harry looks at a diorama
A quiet library lobby
Isobel in the children's section
Fred and a wall of books
In the library
Harry with his 'c'llection' of dinosaurs
We head out of the library
An underground car park
The Panito Mole sign
Harry, Elanna and Fred at the ball machine
Blue sky and a white building
Bright spring flowers
Harry is reflected in a window
Harry goes for another Chupa Chupa
The business streets of Albufeira
The comedy worms on a roundabout
The gang and some more graffiti
Back at the hotel, Fred goes for a swim
Fred and Harry explore the pool
The boys in a mini pool
The edefice that is the Hotel Paraiso do Albufeira
Harry and Isobel in the Tres Palmeiras restaurant
Fred seems excited by lemonade
Isobel and the Cataplana pan
Isobel and Harry have a cuddle
Harry and Isobel by the front door
Isobel outside the restaurant
Back at the hotel
Fred does 'yay, I'm alive!', like the baby Jesus
Harry and Fred pretend to play stick game
The view from the hotel balcony
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Isobel and Harry at the long-stay bus stop
Isobel and Harry at the long-stay bus stop
Harry's on his Trunki
Fred messes around
Harry and Isobel on the bendy bus to Stansted
Fred on the bus to the airport
Fred hauls his Trunki around the check-in area
The broken-down monorail train is going nowhere
Stray aircraft steps on the apron
A wet Stansted
An Easyjet A320 at the Stansted terminal
A limp windsock hangs in the drizzle
Harry on the plane
It's time for breakfast after our late night
Hotel canteen, 80s style
The boys check out the hotel
Parasols wrapped up against the rain
Isobel roams around
Fred on a climbing frame
The Soviet charms of the Hotel Paraiso
Isobel looks out from the balcony
Boys on a wall
We roam around the shops in Albufeira
A 'don't piss here' message on a wall
A street in to Albufeira
Fred picks up a Portugal football
Harry digs away in the sand
Some dude trudges up the beach
More football action, as Isobel's hair goes flying
Harry carries a bucket up some steps
A selfie with umbrellas
The beach is mostly deserted
We wander around near a church
Shopping street in old Albufeira
Harry by an Ale-Hop cow
A dog looks out from the roof of a BP Gas retailer
We land in Sir Harry's bar
A wrecked wall
Fred by a pale-green building
The boys do some rides
An Albuefeira cork shop
Salted cod in the Continente supermarket
Harry messes around on the sofa
Isobel and Harry pass a quaintly-fading building
Bricked-up doors
Indian Taj takeaway in Albufeira
Isobel and Harry in the El Brigante restaurant
Fred looks shocked
Harry gets an ice cream
Opposite the restaurant is the 'Geordie Viking'
The El Brigante restaurant
Neon sign from the next-door hotel - the Brisa Sol
Fred finds a friend to play darts with
Down in the games room, we play pinball for a bit
Street art on some comms cabinet
Portugal graffiti
Harry and Isobel in the Biblioteca Municipal
Elanna and Harry
Harry looks at a diorama
A quiet library lobby
Isobel in the children's section
Fred and a wall of books
In the library
Harry with his 'c'llection' of dinosaurs
We head out of the library
An underground car park
The Panito Mole sign
Harry, Elanna and Fred at the ball machine
Blue sky and a white building
Bright spring flowers
Harry is reflected in a window
Harry goes for another Chupa Chupa
The business streets of Albufeira
The comedy worms on a roundabout
The gang and some more graffiti
Back at the hotel, Fred goes for a swim
Fred and Harry explore the pool
The boys in a mini pool
The edefice that is the Hotel Paraiso do Albufeira
Harry and Isobel in the Tres Palmeiras restaurant
Fred seems excited by lemonade
Isobel and the Cataplana pan
Isobel and Harry have a cuddle
Harry and Isobel by the front door
Isobel outside the restaurant
Back at the hotel
Fred does 'yay, I'm alive!', like the baby Jesus
Harry and Fred pretend to play stick game
The view from the hotel balcony