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Halloween in the Algarve
2007-10-29 22:48:00 Loulé gets ghoulish this Halloween with parties for kids and adults on Wednesday Oct. 31st. At 15:00 (3pm) a parade is scheduled for students from local schools to show off their costumes from Rua Maria Campina to Logo de S. Francisco. There will also be activities for the younger ones at the Cerca do Convento. Later ... More About: Algarve , Allo
Cody?s Fight for Cancer - A Son?s Love
2007-10-27 16:24:00 At any age the idea of loosing a parent is a freighting and emotionally wrenching thought. At the tender age of 9, it must be daunting - yet this is what Cody Lee Smart was faced with. In 2006, Cody?s mother Yvonne, was diagnosed with breast cancer and although she was successfully treated at home in ... More About: Love , Cancer , Fight
Visit Algarve - More Ways to Get Here
2007-10-26 15:15:00 Want more ways to visit Algarve ? Well looks like this is about to happen. Yesterday there was a big announcement that EasyJet bought out British Airways [update] GB Airways. How does this deal benefit traveling to the Algarve you may be asking? Well, news is that, flights will soon be available from both Gatwick and ... More About: Visit
Pasteis de Nata ? Portuguese Custards
2007-10-25 22:41:00 Do I have a treat for Algarve Buzz readers…literally, this is an exciting post, where I share a little history and recipe of one of the most famous Portuguese deserts of all - Pasteis de Nata “Portuguese Custard Tarts”. The original recipe for Pasteis de Nata were invented by two Catholic sisters in the convent ... More About: Food
Marquês de Borba 2006 - Alentejo
2007-10-24 20:55:00 For this week’s “Now Drinking”, we got a fantastic surprise, thanks to our new favourite wine site, Adegga.com. To help pick our wine, we visited Adegga who recommended the popular Portuguese wine “Marquês de Borba “. So we put our faith and taste buds in the hands of the good folks at Adegga and chose a couple ... More About: Lent
Vila Joya Restaurant in Algarve
2007-10-22 20:44:00 A number of years ago, some friends and I decided, celebrating birthday ?week? had so many more advantages then just birthday day, so I?ve kept on the tradition. And why not, you only live once! With that objective in mind, we squeezed as much out of the week as possible and made this year ... More About: Restaurants , Restaurant , Algarve
White Port Wine - Lágrima
2007-10-19 16:29:00 When most people think of Port wine they have a romantic vision of sweet wines with deep red or golden tawny colours. The reality is Port wine is quite complex and comes in a variety colours and types - ruby, tawny, white, Lágrima, vintage, LBV, and the list goes on. Port is a fascinating subject ... More About: Wine , White , Grim
Portugal Masters Swings into the Algarve
2007-10-18 22:14:00 What do you get when you have a world class golf course designed by Arnold Palmer, a purse of over 3 million Euros, great weather and some of the best names in Golf ? Portugal Mast ers of course! Today ? October 18th - is the kick off to the PGA Portugal Masters being held at Victoria Clube ... More About: Algarve
Portugal Masters Swings into the Algarve
2007-10-18 22:14:00 What do you get when you have a world class golf course designed by Arnold Palmer, a purse of over 3 million Euros, great weather and some of the best names in Golf ? Portugal Masters of course! Today ? October 18th - is the kick off to the PGA Portugal Masters being held at Victoria Clube ... More About: Algarve , Aster
Chocolate Salami - Salame de Chocolate
2007-10-17 20:29:00 Say, ?Salami? here in Portugal and the first thing that comes to mind is chocolate - “Choco late Salami”. In most cultures, salami is something salty and smoked, but here we love our sweets so much we?ve even made one out of chocolate, what else?! If you?ve visited Portugal before, you may have seen these ... More About: Food
Chocolate Salami - Salame de Chocolate
2007-10-17 20:29:00 Say, ?Salami? here in Portugal and the first thing that comes to mind is chocolate - “Choco late Salami”. In most cultures, salami is something salty and smoked, but here we love our sweets so much we?ve even made one out of chocolate, what else?! If you?ve visited Portugal before, you may have seen these ... More About: Food
Happy Birthday!
2007-10-16 17:52:00 It’s not Algarve Buzz’s birthday, but rather Eddie, who is celebrating a birthday today ? so she?s taking the day off from blogging ? by force of course. Happy Birthday Eddie. More About: Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday!
2007-10-16 17:52:00 It’s not Algarve Buzz’s birthday, but rather Eddie, who is celebrating a birthday today ? so she?s taking the day off from blogging ? by force of course. Happy Birthday Eddie. More About: Happy Birthday
Blog Action Day ? Algarve?s Water
2007-10-15 14:33:00 Today (October 15th) is the first annual ?Blog Action Day?- where 15,000 bloggers from around the world will post on an important topic - “The Environment ”. For my part, I?m going to focus on a key issue of “water” here in Algarve . How many times have we prepared to travel by going to the doctor for shots, ... More About: Water
Blog Action Day ? Algarve?s Water
2007-10-15 14:33:00 Today (October 15th) is the first annual ?Blog Action Day?- where 15,000 bloggers from around the world will post on an important topic - “The Environment ”. For my part, I?m going to focus on a key issue of “water” here in Algarve . How many times have we prepared to travel by going to the doctor for shots, ... More About: Water
Portimão Hosts Opera Nights
2007-10-15 10:28:00 The city of Portimão is hosting a fantastic event for Opera fans from October 16th to October 27th. This will be the first Opera Festival to be held outside Teatro Nacional e Carlos in Lisbon, which is Portugal’s top opera house. The concerts will be held on the main stage of Auitorio Municipal in Portimao, Algarve. concert ... More About: Hosts , Nights
Portimão Hosts Opera Nights
2007-10-15 10:28:00 The city of Portimão is hosting a fantastic event for Opera fans from October 16th to October 27th. This will be the first Opera Festival to be held outside Teatro Nacional e Carlos in Lisbon, which is Portugal’s top opera house. The concerts will be held on the main stage of Auitorio Municipal in Portimao, Algarve. concert ... More About: Hosts , Nights
Mama Maratona - Portimao
2007-10-14 23:34:00 Phew ? what a day. This morning, we took part in our first ever Mara thon for the ?Mama Maratona 7? in Portimao — a great event, to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer, as well as research and treatment for all types of cancer. The turnout was fantastic ? with numbers exceeding 2000 registered runners, ...
Mama Maratona - Portimao
2007-10-14 23:34:00 Phew ? what a day. This morning, we took part in our first ever Mara thon for the ?Mama Maratona 7? in Portimao — a great event, to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer, as well as research and treatment for all types of cancer. The turnout was fantastic ? with numbers exceeding 2000 registered runners, ...
Better Living in Portugal Exhibition
2007-10-13 23:33:00 Earlier today we drove over to Portimao all ready for a marathon Mama Marathona, but to our surprise, probably due to the lack of sleep from this past week, we were a day early for the race! The Mama Marathona is scheduled for October 14th : ) ? so with no marathon to run, ... More About: Living , Portugal , Exhibition , Exhibit
Better Living in Portugal Exhibition
2007-10-13 23:33:00 Earlier today we drove over to Portimao all ready for a marathon Mama Marathona, but to our surprise, probably due to the lack of sleep from this past week, we were a day early for the race! The Mama Marathona is scheduled for October 14th : ) ? so with no marathon to run, ... More About: Living , Portugal , Exhibition , Exhibit
World Travel Awards - Portugal Wins Best Boutique Hotel
2007-10-12 00:44:00 The votes are in and Portugal is now well listed amongst the prestigious “Travel Oscars”, taking top honours for Best European Boutique Hotel , and top nominations in other categories such as golf and diving. With new projects breaking ground for a number of 5 star hotels & golf resorts in the Algarve and across the ... More About: World , Awards
World Travel Awards - Portugal Wins Best Boutique Hotel
2007-10-12 00:44:00 The votes are in and Portugal is now well listed amongst the prestigious “Travel Oscars”, taking top honours for Best European Boutique Hotel , and top nominations in other categories such as golf and diving. With new projects breaking ground for a number of 5 star hotels & golf resorts in the Algarve and across the ... More About: World , Awards
World Travel Awards - Portugal Wins Best Boutique Hotel
2007-10-12 00:44:00 The votes are in and Portugal is now well listing amongst the prestigious “Travel Oscars”, taking top honours for Best European Boutique Hotel , and top nominations in other categories such as golf and diving. With new projects breaking ground for a number of 5 star hotels & golf resorts in the Algarve and across the ... More About: World , Awards
Now Drinking - Outono de Santar & Pasmados
2007-10-10 01:28:00 I?ve had my first sighting of chestnuts, guess this means fall has officially arrived and it’s time to stock up on something appropriate. I?m talking wine of course, and like a kid at Christmas my ?short list? is already 40 bottles long - I can hardly wait to try them all. My wine-sniffing ... More About: Drinking
Now Drinking - Outono de Santar & Pasmados
2007-10-10 01:28:00 I?ve had my first sighting of chestnuts, guess this means fall has officially arrived and it’s time to stock up on something appropriate. I?m talking wine of course, and like a kid at Christmas my ?short list? is already 40 bottles long - I can hardly wait to try them all. My wine-sniffing ... More About: Drinking
Sailors Bacalhau Gratin - Bacalhau a Marinheiro
2007-10-08 22:34:00 There are likely countless recipes of salted cod in Portugal?s history. Long before anyone thought of the modern invention we now know as the refrigerator, discoverers dried and salted cod as a way to preserve it for long voyages. Portugal being heavily Roman Catholic also meant there were many religious holidays where only fish could ... More About: Food , Sailors
Caramelized Rocha Pears
2007-10-03 21:20:00 Fall in the Algarve is a medley of sunny days, cool evenings and chestnut roasting vendors with billowing clouds of smoke that tempt from afar. Fortunately the chestnut roasters haven?t come out yet, and my compulsion to hunt them down is still a few weeks away. Although I really really like summer, fall is one of ... More About: Food , Pears , Rocha
Algarve - Things to See and Do - October
2007-10-01 20:58:00 The Algarve never rests. Thanks to the efforts of our tourism sector, October looks to be another eventful month across the region from theater to food and everything between. To ensure we bring our readers the most concise list of things to do and events for October, we will concentrate on providing recommendations and updates, but ... More About: Things
Quinta de Simaens ? Award Winning Vinho Verde
More articles from this author:2007-09-28 13:37:00 This week we tried another bottle of Vinho Verde … yes we know the summer has ended but we couldn’t resist this one - a 2007 Silver Medal Winner - ?Concours Mondial? Brussels. Quinta de Simaens Type: Vinho Verde (green wine) Cost: ?5.50 Taste: an interesting and complex Vinho Verde, by Borges, not very bubbly but has ... More About: Award , Winning 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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