My sister and I flew over as a surprise for Father's Day and all being a little rushed it came together nicely and my father was ... surprised!
Portugal is such a relaxed country, and after all the cries of 'I can't believe it!' and "You buggers!" and a little 'I can't believe I didn't know!', I raced to my bedroom kicked off the clothes and pulled on the swimming gear and ran outside (those of you may think this is rather selfish, however my dad at this point was racing out the door to go golfing, so conscious was clear!). Jumping in the pool reminded me of the times we had when we were younger when all we cared about was who got in the pool first. We would have barely got the front door to the rental villa open before my sister and I would be working out the lock on the door to the patio and on to to the pool. These days it isn't quite that eager, but the haste is certainly still here.
Anyway, needless to say the weather in Portugal has been fabulous and up to the early 30s so in comparison to London's miserable grey it has been fantastic. Laying out and swimming with your family in the beautiful mediterranean sunshine is not a bad way to spend a weekend that if for sure! So for all you worriers, get yourself on a budget airline flight, and get over to Portugal for a weekend, it is highly needed on a medicinal level as well as spiritual.
