Portugal summer hols

Fun in the sun

Last week I had been on a well deserved vacation to Portugal.

No kids! just freedom no one to call me every 5 minutes saying mum look. Or no crying in my ears after rough play and someone got hurt.

It was just me and my bestie.

Hope you enjoy my pics, theres a lot to make up for my lack of blogging.

Day 1

just arrived at resort

 posing with posies

long island iced tea

 Sao Raphael beach

Dosing up on my vitamins

Hot dog legs lol

Off to test the water

 Deuces its cooooold!

aaagh my haivananas!

Got hungry so stopped for a bite at the Praia Grande restaurant

 Jo's steak

my salmon steak was so yummy

Day 2

We booked 3 hours quad biking so we could each get time on the quads this was so much fun.

a lil cafe we stopped at to get some well needed refreshment

Decided to go into the old town to get some lunch

cocktails first of course

 here we ate at restaurant 54 food was lovely

 we shared a lovely prawn starter in garlic sauce

and I had a peppered steak and Jo had sea bass

How cool is that made from just sand and water

Day 3

This day we were supposed to go on a bbq boat cruise which didn't happen as we missed that boat so we decided to chill with our new friends Catia and her sister Catarina who work at the resort we stayed at.

It's so crazy at the fisherman's beach, as there are many restaurants, they literally taut for customers with their menus and offers and try to lore you in.

We eventually went with Flavours as they offered buy 1 get 1 free cocktails.

Tequilla sunrise

Decided to check out a different beach that was a bit of a trek away from our resort but well worth it

 was about 7 in the evening and tide was coming in

Day 4

Today there was no way we were missing the boat so we got to the marina early to set sail around the stunning coastline of the Algarve and enjoy a Portuguese beach BBQ.

The famous benagil cave that looks like the below picture inside

 bbq sardines salad was so nice i had seconds

Hope you enjoyed my pics feel free to comment or ask questions xx

Argentinian Steakhouse Gaucho

On Monday I took sick with what felt like  a never ending flu, back giving me jip but its my best pals birthday this weekend so I gotta suck it up. Thankfully by the Saturday my symptoms were muted enough to go and have a great time on the town.

We stayed in a lovely house in Bayswater on Craven hill in a luxury large ensuite room

I wore

River  Island boots get here

New Look suedette waterfall jacket get here

Silver triple gem spike necklace get here

River island purse get here

black top from tk maxx

and joggers from Matalan

We were both starving so we chose to go to a steakhouse. We made reservations at Gaucho on Charlotte Street, an authentic argentinian steakhouse where the beef comes from Argentina and is fed on rich Pampas. 

Cocktails in the bar waiting to be seated. 

SAN LUCAS

Cinnamon infused rum, fresh lime and sugar. Topped with Fever-Tree bitter lemon, garnished with fresh mint and served in a tankard glass. An Argentine version of the classic Cuban Mojito 

This has to have been the best steak I have ever had the pleasure of tasting. The waiter came with a selection board of the variety of cuts that was on offer and explained how best each one should be done. I chose a trio of medallions medium,  and Jo chose salt baked corn fed chicken. We had the most crispy and sweet, sweet potato chips along with Humita Salteña which is roasted pumpkin and sweetcorn served in a corn husk. 

 See menu Here.

 We had sat next to a group of young guys who along with flirty banter bought us a £92 bottle of Veuve Cliquot Rosé Champagne. 

Thanks guys!

At this point everything was WAVY

Can you tell, She's camera shy.