Finally embracing what ‘vacation’ is supposed to be, we had another lazy, restful morning before grabbing a quick pastry breakfast at “Cyber Cafe” (sadly we had exhausted our supply of Belem tarts).
More tasty pastry, please!
Today we were off to the big beach for a leisurely day of sun and sand. First though, we had to take a 60 euro-cent water taxi across the harbor inlet!
And it was worth every cent!
Walking the beach looking for a spot, our attention quickly gravitated to the lounge chairs and cabanas for rent. It didn’t take much discussion before we had caved and decided to treat ourselves to two side-by-side cabanas. It was a great decision, and many cabana photos ensued.
As the afternoon wore on, we got the itch for some action and rented a couple stand-up paddleboards to go SUP-ing. It was fine time for about 5 minutes before the afternoon winds blew in and made paddling a bit of a struggle to avoid being blown out to sea…
Ummm… it’s called STAND-UP Paddleboarding….
There ya go!.
After paddling until our arms were nearly jelly, we jetted home for a quick shower and costume change for today was a special occasion: Grant’s big 3-0 birthday!
On the way back from the beach we had seen a cool looking bar / restaurant that had a great looking menu and live music later that evening, so saved ourselves the trouble of options and headed straight there (La Hedonista). We had a delicious dinner, creative and delicious cocktails, and realized that Frank is both a drink and entree savant: he always picked the best things! He even proved his talent by ordering perfectly for the rest of us.
At the end of all this fun, we realized we still needed to celebrate with dessert! Unfortunately the kitchen was long closed…… until we mentioned that it was Grant’s birthday, which led to cake and candles in a flash! All in all, it was an absolutely awesome birthday 🙂
Blowing all of the troubles of my 20s away 🙂
After dinner we jetted home, knowing that the day had sadly come to an end, also knowing we had to get up at 4:30am the next day to be up, out and driving back to Lisbon. Ooof!
-G & J