Quarteira is a town about 5 minutes from Vilamoura where we are staying. This is a small town with a few more ammenties than we have in our area. We came to get our phone set up and to scout out the area for shopping, restaurants, movie rentals etc. The beach is one block down from where Matt is standing and this two block pedway has many little shops and cafe's. The weather was amazing, low 20's, and we had lunch on the beach in the sun and went for a long walk along the beach front.

Matt standing on the block facing towards the beach area.

I am facing towards the town area away from the beach.

This is a pic of Matt at the beach in Quarteira, actually the next day from the pics above. The weather turned a little worse and is windy with some rain. You can see by the waves on the Atlantic how rough it is but the temperature was still in the high teens and quite pleasant.
We had lunch on the beach both days, the first we were couldn't believe how nice it was and we went for a long walk along the beach after lunch. The second day was still pretty good though for December 18th. Look gang - NO SNOW!!!
Lanaia