La mur et la plage.  Ocean and the beach.  We saw a lot of what the two could look like together, as they take many different forms in the Algarve Region.  From Tavira, we enjoy coastal inlets leading to islands of beach on the Atlantic side.  From the beach we biked to today, the inletsContinue reading “Day Seven: More Tavira than I can Handle”

Today I went with the class to the Castelo in Tavira. We stopped at the entrance to sketch the garden, which looks something like this: The next stop on the tour, Bruce handed us folded rolling papers to use to draw small panoramic views from the pulpit, or high area on the wall overlooking theContinue reading “Day Six, Tavira Exploration”

Went out with the girls Murong and Peihong at night. We shopped at a hat store for sun hats and I ended up getting a flat brim for 5 E because the owner was Chinese and Pei got us a deal. No sales tax, like Murong likes. Then we walked around. And saw the saltContinue reading “Day Five, Tavira”