Albufeira, Portugal

I love love love the image on this card....the pink shade just give some special feeling to it, even though pink is far from my favourite colours. But it creates some really nice diminishing light.

Well, Albufeira is a city in the district of Faro, Algarve region. Its name comes from the Arabic 'al-Buħayra", meaning "The Lagoon" and is one of the leading tourist resorts of the region.
Hmmm, the past few days, my attention has been going to 'where am i gonna go on a summer holiday...if anywhere'. Im not some 'beach-craze' kind if person, and i dont really go nuts if i actually spend my whole summer here...but honestly, i really need a break from everything...and would really want to go where its quiet and peaceful, yet, there is a sea or lake....its one of the greatest ways to refresh my whole mind and rest mentally before anything else...i really really need it...and hopefully, ill manage and will be able to go somewhere for at least ten days. Maybe once i get back, everything will seem easier and better :)
Do YOU have any summer holiday plans?

the stamp is self-adhesive and is from a 2008 issue called Public City Transport, 2nd group, presenting the Urban transport in the inter-war years.

Algarve, Portugal

I got this one back in the year 2000 from my penpal Leen Frenssen....just now this reminded me of a Pulp song, called Disco 2000....it goes something like this...

I said let's all meet up in the year 2000 Won't it be strange when we're all fully grown.....

again, a line which in some sense deals with the inevitable passing of life and how things just change all along the way...and there is nothing you can do about it, nothing can freeze us in time and have the moments last forever and ever... 

 

Algarve is a place in the south of Portugal and Marta says it doesnt attract her that much but that there are beautiful beaches there...what you can see on the card is Alvor.
Alvor is an ancient port and fishing village on the mouth of the River Alvor in the western Algarve. In the village we can visit the remains of a 13th century castle, a 16th century church and an attractive jumble of narrow cobbled lanes with the original low traditional fisherman’s cottages.

"The Alvor Beach has the particularity of marking the division between the Ocean and the Alvor River. Therefore, besides the very extensive sandy area, one can also find an interior lagoon with channels of calm waters. The huge sandy barrier as far as the eye can reach, allows the visitor to choose the place that better suits his interests. In this beach there is also a great fauna and flora diversity. The Alvor Beach is one of the most famous and looked for Beaches in the Algarve".

well, since Marta has the exactly same card  I copied this whole post from her blog....plus she is Portuguese...is there a better source to get information for a Portuguese card?   I just hope Marta wont mind :)  Marta ?!