One of our last days in Portugal and what a fantastic day its been, where shall i start. This morning saw us driving to Figueria da Foz to the salt museum, very interesting :) they showed us the process of harvesting salt from the sea back breaking work and a long process, we even tried chocolate with salt - delicious. Onwards to the beach, very breezy but sunny, you will have to ask Julie and Lauren about the water temperature :) Next we went into town where t...

Hi everyone, Rebecca Harrison here to say that we finished our work on the farm and that it's the weekend. Today we packed some tea leaves for people to buy and we planted some strawberries for someone to buy for their windowsills. We had a presantation and we each got a certificate to take back with us. I have enjoyed being here in Portugal with everybody, still been homesick, hahaha, :) and I'm still missing my grandma, as I only had 1 phonecall with her, ...

Students last day at the farm today. These two weeks have passed so quickly, the students have learned so much not just working on the farm, but meeting and socialising with people from different cultures, learning a different language, how to buy items using different money, using local transport and the ticket system, ordering food at various locations and all done with smiles and excellent manners. From a group of young people who may not have known eah othe...

Sorry there was no blog last night, we were lucky enough to get a table at a place called 'Still is', so we headed out rather early and got back late. Still is......is connected to the founder members of Academica FC and still is connected to the club, hence the name. Very nice indeed, everyone got dressed up for the occasion and we really had a great night, excellent food, company and conversation, we were met by Paula, whose husband is the President of the cu...

We finished last night off in the base room, colouring, playing snap, and have a general chit chat - lots of smiling faces and even more laughter :) a great end to a brilliant day. Harrison aka wishy washy and Andrew did an excellent job of hand washing their smalls :) again to roars of laughter, but each learning something new everyday, mums and dads they have no excuses now regarding laundry :) Today has been a real scorcher 30c plu, yikes i must be the only ...