Sleeping most of the day away and a brief outing - blog lite!

After the events of yesterday and the marathon blog that followed, I was a bit tired today. Understatement. Woke up at 8. Fell back asleep on the couch at 8:05. Woke up at noon. Was awake for about an hour. Fell asleep again until about 3. I think my body was forcing me to be out of commission for fear of more IKEA-inspired traumas. Jen and Eliza went scuba diving during the day. They are always so much cooler than me. And George and Mom busied themselves in the house. 

At 5:00, we 5 took a short walk up a long hill to find t’Maria’s, a very excellent place to dine here in Tavira. I actually took the time to ask Google and TripAdvisor where to eat, so as to not get another ‘dueling salads’ spot (see post from 9/12). Success! The cheese plate, the mushroom, the goat cheese pastry, sweet potato fries, and for others, shrimp and beef, were all excellent. I had a refreshing mojito, Mom port, and Jen a cider. Don’t know, don’t care what the kids drank. Rude. 

Afterwards, we had our daily gelato, at a different shop this time. Then Mom, George and I went for an evening stroll. And that’s where we’re at now. I was very ready for a slow, boring day. Got it. End of blog entry.

Let’s look at the tiles of Tavira. Here are some.

And here

Ooooo these!

One more

Okay, last one

I’m serious this time

Can’t get enough of the hands of Fatima

See?

She’s got great hands.

That I admire

Cat of Tavira

Cobbles of Tavira

Up to the restaurant

The climb

Dinner time!

Shrimp eyeballs

That’s the good stuff - mushroom on left, goat chees pastry in middle, and local chees plate on righ

Gelato time. 

After dinner walk

Local park. For local people. And tourists. So, for everyone.

Please recycle into my mouth

Lonely carousel 

Souse me while I kiss this sky