We have decided to stay here in Povoa for the year as it will be a lot cheaper than Lagos and other places further south - of course the weather will be cooler but it suits our needs at present. We like the town here and spent a year here 5 years ago before I stopped work. There is quite a little community here now and the marina provide a minibus once a week to a nearby supermarket. There is also a weekly barbecue and meal out at a local Portuguese restaurant, we went last Tuesday and it was very good value.

I have taken a picture of the church that looks like a boat at long last in Vila de Conde which joins onto Povoa, part of the marina and the restaurant straddle the boundary between the two.