(posted by ange re: Monday February 26)
No matter how great a brochure looks, one never knows what they are really getting until they arrive at their accommodations. We were confident our place would be fabulous, but still, there is always that niggling thought, what if… if it’s dirty, it smells, the location is bad; it is not at all what it is represented to be.
Well, we are currently living in the most FABULOUS villa in Albufeira. It’s brand new, so new we don’t think anyone has stayed in this room before. I figure it must be close to 800 square, feet not including the patio. We have a huge bedroom with tons of closet space. It has a small desk and a door out to the patio. A very large bathroom with enough room for every product I brought with me and even Dave’s stuff. The coat closet is bigger than our closet at home. I could probably live in it. The kitchen. Oh the kitchen. It’s HUGE. We have a dishwasher and a washing machine. All new utensils, pots, pans, etc. and again, a door out to the patio. The living room/dining room is also spacious, with a couch and love seat and large kitchen table. Again, a door goes out to the patio. Are you figuring out just how big this patio is? It’s absolutely beautiful, modern with French doors and everything. Having tea on the patio in the sunshine this morning was heaven. This is so what life is all about. Pics are attached below, but don’t do it justice, since my photo taking skills aren’t of the highest calibre!
The only oddities…we have 2 towels and that is it. If we want more it’s 6 euro per day. No face clothes. I had to buy those. No dish clothes…again we had to buy those. We have an ironing board, but no iron. We have to go across the street to the office to sign out the iron if we need to use it. And none of the staples like sugar, salt, pepper, etc. were included. When in Portugal, I guess. We did a big shop today to get some proper supplies and some food. We found out we can have a BBQ and saw a little hibachi for 10 euro that we’re going back to buy tomorrow.
I am in absolute heaven in this place! I could live here forever, so if I don’t come home, don’t be surprised. Between the inside and the amazing patio overlooking the pool…well, this far exceeds my expectations! We are off to an amazing start!
Well, we are currently living in the most FABULOUS villa in Albufeira. It’s brand new, so new we don’t think anyone has stayed in this room before. I figure it must be close to 800 square, feet not including the patio. We have a huge bedroom with tons of closet space. It has a small desk and a door out to the patio. A very large bathroom with enough room for every product I brought with me and even Dave’s stuff. The coat closet is bigger than our closet at home. I could probably live in it. The kitchen. Oh the kitchen. It’s HUGE. We have a dishwasher and a washing machine. All new utensils, pots, pans, etc. and again, a door out to the patio. The living room/dining room is also spacious, with a couch and love seat and large kitchen table. Again, a door goes out to the patio. Are you figuring out just how big this patio is? It’s absolutely beautiful, modern with French doors and everything. Having tea on the patio in the sunshine this morning was heaven. This is so what life is all about. Pics are attached below, but don’t do it justice, since my photo taking skills aren’t of the highest calibre!
The only oddities…we have 2 towels and that is it. If we want more it’s 6 euro per day. No face clothes. I had to buy those. No dish clothes…again we had to buy those. We have an ironing board, but no iron. We have to go across the street to the office to sign out the iron if we need to use it. And none of the staples like sugar, salt, pepper, etc. were included. When in Portugal, I guess. We did a big shop today to get some proper supplies and some food. We found out we can have a BBQ and saw a little hibachi for 10 euro that we’re going back to buy tomorrow.
I am in absolute heaven in this place! I could live here forever, so if I don’t come home, don’t be surprised. Between the inside and the amazing patio overlooking the pool…well, this far exceeds my expectations! We are off to an amazing start!
3 comments:
it looks awesome!! Yes, very clean looking, very modern, i'm so happy this is turning out. Tell me about the shopping, cost of food, this sounds all very exciting. And here i sit, looking at those pictures of blue water and white buildings. Did i mention the temperature in edmonton today is -10
just noticed, how come dave is wear pants in the photo. figured he would be wearing shorts...cold there or what
Is it just me or does the living room look a little like your old apartment Ange? So pretty! I can just see you sipping your tea on the patio...
ps It snowed here big time last night!
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