Albufeira Local Customs

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In late august they have a local festival called "festa dos pescadores" which is a celebration of the fishermen of the Algarve and the square on the fishermens beach is filled up with lot´s of stands serving all kinds of fish dishes.
There are plenty of other things to eat and lot´s of drinks aswell of course.
All the different stands are run by volunteers from various sports clubs and social institutions in the Albufeira region, so by going there and joining the party you also support the local sports and cultural life.
It´s really a nice party and you should certainly go there if you get the chance.

Being in Portugal Portuguese is the national language of course :-) but it was a surprise for me not understanding much! I could understand what was written on TV or on newspapers but the accent when people speak is difficult to get even by neo-latin languages speakers! Strange but true!

I am coming to your town on 18/2, staying at Hotel Da Aldeia, Avenida Da Sa Carveiro,sao Joao 8, Albufeira.

would love to meet any local person with a view to exchange knowledge & make friends
Please drop in and ask for Mr Cliff chopra

If you want to listen to music from Portugal then I would suggest listening to Madredeus.
The music has a romantic feel and the lead singer has a beautiful yet very powerful voice.
Below is something about the band and there website if you wish to find out more.

This music's long journey found a definitive form when the voice was found. Teresa Salgueiro was the perfect heart for the group's melodies and words. When the first album -- 1987's "Os Dias da Madredeus", recorded at the Xabregas Convent church -- was released, many realised they were witnessing something unique and universal. Serene, ethereal songs, carrying a whispering, almost secret "Portugueseness", songs we all knew but whose shape we'd never been able to imagine, presented first to a circle of friends and only later, almost shyly, opening for concerts by Sétima Legiao.

The most celebrated Portuguese poet, Fernando Pessoa (1885-1935)
Fernando Pessoa became fluent in English and developed an early love for such authors as William Shakespeare and John Milton. He also used English in his first collections of poems.
There is even a statue of Fernando Pessoa in his home town of Lisbon.

It may not be a Portuguese Local Custom, but I wonder who you might meet on holiday/vacation that you already know? Well, here are Carmen (Carmela71) and Stace (Beach_Dog), who drove several hundred miles from Marbella in Spain, just to meet up with us. We had hoped for a meeting with two or three other VTers, but for vvarious reasons they couldn't make it. Perhaps next time?

thanks Carmen and Stace, it was great to see you again.

When I was a child I was used to see this confession boxes at the Catholic churches, so I was very surprised the first time I saw a ¡§guiri¡¨ doing photos of one, later I was told all religions do not have them ƒº kids we are very innocent hehehe.. but I promise I had never seen one as a telephone box!

I guess this would be a good chance for me to see a bullfight, as it is different to Spain, bulls do not get kill, even if I still do not enjoy much bullfights.

Another characteristic of this bullring is that there are apartments at the bullring…. Never seen before!