Flying Solo

Hola World!

The last weekend in February we had yet another holiday. It was Andalucia Day! Pretty much the equivalent to Kansas Day; but, our schools, banks, grocery stores, and well everything closes for four days. Gotta love it!
I decided since my time here in Spain is starting to come to an end I needed to take advantage of the days off, so I went to Lagos, Portugal for some intense relaxation time. It was my first ever solo vaca, and I actually loved it! I was on my schedule...slept when I wanted, went to the beach when I wanted, ate when I wanted, took a nap when I wanted. It was grand!
It was an amazing weekend. The beaches were absolutely gorgeous. I have seen a number of beaches in my lifetime, but these took the cake! There were beautiful hikes and walks around the cliffs, that made for some great photo ops. It was about 85 degrees and the perfect sun/wind combo...couldn't have been any better. I absolutely enjoyed myself to the max. And I came back 100% rejuvenated and with a tan. HOLAR!

Here's a couple of my favorite pictures...

This is how the entire coast is, just random small beaches in between the cliffs, amazing!

Pretty

Obviously the Portuguese have the same mind set as the Spanish when it comes to construction...run out of money, no problem, we'll just stop building and let people jump six feet to get on the stairs, no biggie!

Ok, ok...yes I was the person that put her camera on a timer and took a self portrait. I only did it once and I made sure absolutely no one was around to see it. It was very difficult for me to build up the courage to do this, because I make fun of the self portrait people all the time. But, I decided I had to have proof I was actually there and didn't just steal the photos from the internet. It took about 5 tries before I got a good one. I almost had it in this shot!

I had my mind set I was going to get a picture of this sunset with the water, and after a two hour walk, up hills, both ways, I finally found a good spot.

Holy fabulous! Look what I found in their super market, absolute best find ever! Lots of English people have their second homes in Lagos so they had a huge super market with loads of English stuff. This beauty cost me 6 euros and I would have paid 100!

If you have time check out the rest of the photos on Shutterfly, there are some goodies. And maybe it will take your mind of the rain/unfun weather you have at home :).

Peace, Love and Tan lines!

Michelle