Bob and I officially began our Portugal house sit on Wednesday after a great transition with our home owner on Tuesday morning. She even met us at the train station with a sign with our names on it and showed us to our hotel for Monday night.
We are currently caring for a home and cat (or rather he is letting us stay with him) in Olhao, Portugal, a lovely town in the Algarve region of Portugal, in the southern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is near the larger city of Faro. We just keep being blessed with awesome homes, home owners, pets, and interesting locations.
Meet our current boss — a stray rescued by his owner in a prickly patch and so aptly named Catus, Portugese for cactus. He is still sizing us up but deigned to swat a ball back and forth with us tonight.
We are quite enamored with the view of the town and surrounding hills from the roof terrace of “our” home. The old town, shoreline, and barrier islands just off the coast are also pretty nice (see below). Except for one day when it rained for a bit in the morning, the weather has been sunny with highs in the upper 70s and low 80s.
2 Views from our roof
Old Town Olhao and Coast —
Barrier Islands off Coast — Culatra and Farol
Peckish Travels 
4 replies on “Ola from Olhao”
Woooo hoooo. looks like we should come and visit!
Our Panama friends just sent a text saying that they are going to be in
their Panama home from January to June and maybe we wanted to stay every
year from July to December! We’ll really have to think about that.
Have a great time in Portugal and all those other places.
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Keep us posted on whether you take them up on the Panama offer, so we can come visit!
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Hi Bob , Beth, Faro is the place I first had (on the beach ) my first grilled Sardines and the beach bars where I first had the local Brandy. Enjoy 😄👍
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We just had this today on the island of Armona, off the coast of Olhao. If Bob hasn’t already posted on Facebook, watch for visual proof on the next blog.
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