Costa Alentejana 2006

To continue a tradition of now more than 2 years, this year we enjoyed the June 10th, the Day of Portugal, at the southwestern coast of Portugal: the Costa Alentejana! After a few days of Andre' calling several people at Monte Clerigo, we found a house by the beach (literally 10m from the sand), that dispite being very very simple had the good enough conditions for 5 of us who cared only about being in the ocean and enjoying surfing lessons! It was A M A Z I N G!

After driving the car down the coastline, and having lunch at a beach on the way, we got there on time to still go swimming and enjoy the sunset, followed by a grilled fish dinner at the Ponta Pe' restaurant in Aljezur. We met a guy that owns a surf store and managed to rent some surf boards and suits and set our first surfing lesson at the Praia da Amoreira - an amazing beach!

our first surf lesson was the same day that Portugal soccer team won Angola at the World Cup and our best friend had her first baby boy .. this was a very special day.

Place where we got the boards ..


Good for beginners ...


Waitin' for the right tide ...


Arrifana Beach in the afternoon


Surf girls gettin' ready


Here we go ...


Almost there ...


Ridin' the waves


Sunset ...


Cool


The end of surfin'


Friends


Beautiful Day