A sad day at Velagota today. At about 3.30 this afternoon we had Maggie put to sleep after a very short illness. We could not have asked for a more perfect companion, friend, clown and of course dog!

On Mike, Georges and Joshs 3rd day in Portugal we went to a market and ate frango ( barbeque chiken) chips, salad and yet again another jug of red wine. After making our 2nd attempt to get up with our the massive lunch weighing us down we finally were able to stand and make our way up to the mountains to visit Piodao, an old slate village. It was stunning. To finish off the day we made our way home, grabbed a dvd and chilled for the rest of the night with a couple glasses of port.

Mike, George, and Josh are here!! Whoopee! Have been up for a pizza tonight and a BIG jug of wine so maybe I should fill in the details of this blog tomorrow when i can stype traight?!!We've had a nice day- started off with a hot-tub farty...i mean party, and then did some logging and finally Mike practised with his new camera...

Christmas Day in Portugal!

Things have been a bit hectic in the lead up to Christmas so we are pottering about and chilling out with some nice walks.

Well- we watched the floor being poured... and then we celebrated- woohoo!!

Now they are working on the roof and we have a good idea of the size (blooming big!!) and layout- hope we get lot's of visitors to make it all worth while!!

Well, it's been an eventfull week- the hot-tub arrived woohoo!!- looking forward to xmas morning with a glass of bubbles in the tub- how decadent!!- well we haven't had a bath in over a year!!
The house progress is totally amazing- they are now framing up the roof, so we can really get a good idea of how it might look. I know I keep saying it but it is 'SO EXCITING!!'
Will try and put some more photos on later, bye for now!

On the veranda- think we might make it into a bowling alley!!