Portugal - Pingo Doce Supermarkets - Payment by Multibanco Card for purchase less than 20€

Following a visit to my local friendly Pingo Doce Supermarket today, it transpires that the supermarket chain owned by Portuguese Retail group, Jeronimo Martins, has again started, as from 2nd January 2015, accepting Multibanco Debit Cards for purchases of values less than 20€. It appears that the lifting of the ban also applies to credit and debit cards.

This restriction, introduced a couple of year ago, was a real pain for the consumer.

For more, see this article in observador.pt: (in Portuguese ) http://bit.ly/1xKypTS

Breakfast at Cafe Odeon, Lagos, Portugal

Great Transatlantic Breakfast at Cafe Odeon this morning! Come and eat with Tom!

Sevilla - Dusk

Museu das Belas Artes - Sevilla

Sevilla - Dawn

Sevilla - Morning

Seville morning view from Macarena

Casa Beachcomber - Lagos, Portugal

A lovely villa for groups.

http://www.algarvebeachcomber.com/

Lagos, Algarve,Portugal - International Contract for Urban Bus Services

Will Lagos see a reduction in local Onda urban bus services from March, 2015. Services to go to International Tender and calling for 36% reduction in costs - see: http://www.inoreader.com/feed/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sulinformacao.pt%2Ffeed%2F

Finnair cria ligação regular à Madeira em 2015

Finnair cria ligação regular à Madeira em 2015

An Update!

Ok! This blog has been a bit quiet over the past few months!

I've been busy travelling and developing a few new ideas which will see new projects coming on stream soon!

In the meantime, I've just got back from a few days in Evora in the Alentejo region of Portugal. It is a lovely picturesque University city dating back to Roman times which even boasts the remains of an old Roman temple to Diana. It's city walls are practically intact, as is its aqueduct.