Little Trip To Portugal

Having not seen Mum and Dad in a while I decided to book a flight out to Lisbon in Portugal to go and see how they are getting on. 

My cousin Pippa decided to come along with me for a week as well, so we left London on Friday the 12th of August and arrived in sunny Lisbon.
We met Mum and Dad at the airport which was lovely, it felt like I hadn't seen them in so long. Mum was toned and tanned and Dad had coloured too! amazing!

I wasn't planning on doing much in Portugal as I had had a pretty hectic few weeks and needed a little bit of R and R. Pippa had other ideas however and my Kindle soon got reluctantly put away...

Ma and Pa, looking happy and healthy. In matching tops and sunglasses.

The boat is moored in Cascais which is a beautiful little town, really pretty and traditional. Dad took me to the fruit and vegetable market and also the fish market which was wonderful. Dad bought some fresh Tuna to make his spectacular fish dish, I was blown away at how good it was. I think the head chef role should definitely be given to Dad when it comes to fish.

This is the house that my Grandmother came and stayed in when she was 6 years old.

The first week we were quite busy, down at the market, doing a little bit of shopping and on the wednesday we went to the Aquarium in Lisbon which was well worth a visit. Then it was Friday and Pippa flew back to London.

Pippin and I

This was Dad's spaghetti 'wit' clams, It was delicious! We will definitely be making this again with whatever shellfish we can find. We are going to try and catch as much food as we can, so that we aren't having to go and buy local fish etc. Tom should be more than capable at catching something yummy but I think mums got a couple of tins of tuna just in case.

On my last night we went out to a lovely little restaurant and had fish again, its kind of difficult to get away from! 

It was sad saying good bye but exciting at the same time because I would be seeing them in Las Palmas. Somewhere new to explore!