Second full day in Albufeira

I didn't think I would be doing another blog post so soon since we are still settling in, getting supplies, etc, and not doing much other than relaxing. But, as I have a new camera which I have used very little so far, I am practicing by taking some fairly familiar photos at the beach.

We have booked a trip to Seville, Gibraltar and Tangier for March 7, 8 and 9, so hopefully, after that trip I will have some interesting photos and stories of things and places we haven't seen before.

In the meantime, what I have included in this post are new camera "practice" photos, all but one made at the beach.

You can see from the photos below that today was another beautiful day.

Remember, you can click on any photo to view a larger version.

The first is a photo from this morning of a boat with a couple of folks on it, and the question related to this photo is, how do you know this is not a fishing boat? Think about it for a moment before reading on.

If you have watched fishing boats or have seen some of my earlier photos of fishing boats you will know that gulls don't watch fishing boats from the beach as the gulls in this photo seem to be doing. But maybe it's a fishing boat with no fish in it yet.

Apparently this winter the Algarve was subjected to a quite severe storm that did substantial damage to this area, including the airport in Faro, only 30 minutes from here. Perhaps because of that, those in charge have decided to build a large breakwater to protect the beach near our apartment hotel from the pounding surf. The next couple of photos include this new addition to the beach area.

Then some large rocks, prominent at low tide, with old town Albufeira in the distance.

The lone shadow is a near repeat from last year but then there were two.

Finally, a crescent moon tonight above our apartment hotel.