Jonesberries » Portugal

Hanging in Spain and Geocaching success

Debbie — Tue, 11 May 2010 14:43:29 +0000

So to catch up or should I also say “Cache” up. He, he, he. We went out the next day to try again. We looked at the comments and looked for one that everyone found that tried. and…… SUCCESS!!! So we touched into Portugal and Paulo and Edna came down to see us at Monte [...]

Going Geocaching

Debbie — Wed, 05 May 2010 08:15:41 +0000

We have been checking out the Geocaching website. I found out about it on Families on the Road. They have a “Roadschooling” section. Seemed like a natural fit. I watched the little videos. Showed it to the kids. It looked so easy. It is like a treasure hunt with a GPS. There are these amazing little [...]

A word about Paulo and Edna and Family

Debbie — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:51:13 +0000

So, been having some great conversations with Paulo and Edna. Living in the Algarve in a bizarre mix of abundance and simplicity and love. Their home is a flat in a rundown villa. They have a circle drive, a beautiful pool and majestic patios. The furnishings are simple and well used. There are animals galore [...]

Mums Tattoo

Debbie — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:35:36 +0000

Well, I finally did it. After over 12 years of talking about it I finally got my tattoo. Paulo worked on it for 2 hours. It did hurt – alot. He would still like to do some more colour. But, this is the one I have been imagining all those years. It is the tree [...]

Hannah’s Birthday

Abi — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:36:39 +0000

Today was Hannah’s 12th birthday. It was a day filled with joy, happiness and drifting with tasty smells of chicken and banana cake. The Jones family tradition consists of the birthday person getting to choose the food that they want for breakfast, lunch, dinner, etc. Hannah chose English Breakfast, tuna sandwiches, banana and chocolate milkshakes, [...]

Christmas in Portugal

Andrew — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:01:16 +0000

Christmas in Portugal. We are staying at the Conscious Earth Eco-village. We will ask them to heat up the sauna for Christmas day. They also have an outdoor kitchen where we will cook out our rolled turkey in raisin and orange sauce. Yes, we are in the middle of an orange grove so finding oranges [...]

Camping in a Hurricane

Debbie — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:01:04 +0000

Last night there was a hurricane. Serious, no exaggeration. First the teenager report than the official one from the news guys. Me and Andrew had a great time watching the light display and hearing the music of the rain from our bed through the night. A bit worried about Samuel and Alana (Donald stayed back [...]

Silves and the grooviest campground in the Algarve

Debbie — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:21:28 +0000

We went to Silves, Portugal and met some more nice people, including Klaus, “Like Santa he says”. We looked around a bit. We like Silves but were feeling really scruffy and were kind of dissapointed after determining that the pool was way over priced for us. It also required speedos for men, one piece suits [...]

Wild camping in Portugal

Debbie — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:25:16 +0000

So, it is post-RockonChristmas Festival and we are supposed to be in Morocco. We are being held up by paperwork. But, you know we have been working hard so decided to take a bit of a break. We started discussing among ourselves, “You know people come to the Algarve that dont know Edna and Paulo. [...]

Photos of Alana

Debbie — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:38:07 +0000

Here are some photos of Alana. She wanted to travel and is now travelling with us. She is very colourful and very clever. She is American but has spent most of her life in Europe. In addition to English she is fluent in Portuguese and Italian. She loves learning languages, cartooning and customizing her clothes. [...]