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Back to Portugal

I absolutely love travelling. I don't know what it is. Just being somewhere different, away from the mundaneness of your everyday life is so exciting! (Not that my life is necessarily boring, but you know what I mean). I am back in Portugal today. I am staying in my great Aunt's villa which we have done for several years. It is really nice out in Portugal - very hot and relaxing. 

After a 2 and a half hour flight yesterday, my Sister, my Mum and I arrived at Faro airport. Even though it was near 8 o'clock at night, the humidity hit me straight away. I definitely wasn't going to be wearing the leather jacket I was wearing back home.  

I got a lot of writing done out here last year and so, I think it's a great place for me to carry on with a story I have been working on. Apart from the seagulls flying in from the nearby sea and, of course, my sister, its very quiet out here and perfect for somewhere to get into the writing zone (which is something I sometimes find hard to do).

I find it impossible to go on holiday without a book in my luggage (it just wouldn't be right without one). For this trip I have brought 'Everneath' by Brodi Ashton with me. I had recently wrote a flash fiction story based on the story of Hades and Persephone in Greek Mythology, a story that I love, so I am excited to see what the author has done with that in her novel. I spent most of the afternoon with this book in my hand and my sister banging on at me to get in the pool with her.

Today something in me called for a milkshake. It happens to me a lot when I go on holiday (I never usually would at home - I prefer smoothies and things). But when I go away, I just love having them. My holiday would definitely not be the same without them. My sister decided to have a chocolate filled crepe, with ice cream and chocolate sauce which looked so yummy (I haven't ate chocolate in almost two years, but I was very tempted to break that today!) When you're on holiday, you just feel like you should have high calorie, sweet, sugary things - well I do; This is probably why we put on so much weight on holiday hehe!

We went to a nice little restaurant by the sea (hence why it sold mainly fish). A smiley Portuguese man showed us a platter of fish - the smell was vile.  I had a mixed salad which was really nice, while the light from a nearby lighthouse circled over our heads. Beside the restaurant was a pretty shop that ironically sold mainly lighthouses.



I really do enjoy it here in Portugal. The solitude and tranquillity is its best feature. But, also, the fact I am tanning quite nicely helps too :)