“The sea, once it casts it’s spell, holds one in it’s net of wonder forever.” – Jacques Yvette Cousteau
During the summer months this little town of Salema is overrun with tourists but by the end of September it’s pure relaxation.
It was especially nice for early and late walks along the Atlantic Ocean.We found some interesting rocks when the tide was out.
And, oh yeah, this guy! Not sure we’ve ever seen a larger jellyfish “in person”.
These beautiful boulders were pretty spectacular!
Ok, most of the time it’s kind of nice to be in our own little world and not understand the local, spoken language. In this case, it came in handy – the tide was out and I thought this would be an interesting photo. But when I was taking it, these two men started yelling at me and make hand gestures (see the man on the left) that I clearly understood! I can only surmise their distress – I’m pretty sure the boat came unmoored and floated to shore in thenight and was grounded. I figured they may have been embarrassed and were just waiting for the tide to come back in. (Spoiler alert: it did just that and they were able to push the boat out and get in – I, of course, witnessed that at a distance.) Good grief!
But this little guy was my “palate cleanser” – just seeing him walking along made me happy again. 😉
Such a gorgeous shoreline.Scattered with these wonderfully moss covered rocks.I loved tiptoeing between them and imaging some of them in my shade garden.We did take a short trip out to where we could stand high on the cliffs above the ocean. It was both scary and invigorating.
Thismay look like an ordinary, “who cares” photo BUT it was so exciting for us to have a place to hang our laundry. Most of you know that we prefer to travel light and only take carry on luggage, so we don’t have a ton of clothes and it’s generally not a problem. This trip it was never convenient to go to a laundromat so we were making due by washing a couple of items at a time & hanging them in the showerand hoping they’d dry before we moved on. With this rack we were able to wash everything we wanted to and, along with the low humidity of this area, they would dry in hours. Thus, we did ALL of our laundry and were in good shape by the time we left for Lisbon! It really is the little things in life that count😎
I can imagine the luxury of clean clothes and a brief rest from travelling. The boat picture is rather amusing (oops!) A serious blow to the male ego… 🤭
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Beautiful beach, beautiful weather, and beautiful pictures!!!
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I can imagine the luxury of clean clothes and a brief rest from travelling. The boat picture is rather amusing (oops!) A serious blow to the male ego… 🤭
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