First few days.

Olá from Emily & Grace!

I will make this short because i am itching to go to the beach and soak up some sunrays. They say i'm beginning to look portuguese and that i also have a very nice portuguese accent.

We have Belgian and Portuguese campers for another week, i believe. They are very nice... The Belgians like to make noise and drive fast - but are very nice. They speak french - which i do not know. I am learning, though. I haven't met the new Portuguese campers yet. My Portuguese is getting much better, hopefully i'll be able to speak for myself before the end of next week.

Emily and i find ourselves on the beach, a lot. We eat, sleep, sit around and go to the beach. That's about it. The Portuguese complain of this being hot weather 20-35 degree Celsius. But it is NOT hot, it is so beautiful compared to the hot and humid Louisiana. There are always birds chirping and lizards scrambling around. At night the Portuguese and Belgians play the bongos.

The waiters no longer laugh at Emily and I about our eating habits, they now just wink. We get looks fairly often. Kinda strange being a rarity over here when we're normal back in America.

Emily and I have written quite a few letters which we will try to mail out tomorrow. We found out that the post office is only open from 10:00-12:30! What a short time!

Today, we woke up at 9:45 and cleaned the cabin. I did laundry, which was fun because we hang our clothes on a clothes line! So much fun :) and since there's no humidity our clothes dry fast. I've done near to 4 loads of laundry just today. ...I need to fold clothes. We went and ate lunch at the normal restaurant and walked back.

Tonight i have late shift, just until 12am you worriers! But i think we might try to close early so we can go climb the 2nd tallest lighthouse in the world. It's a couple miles down the beach.

Next week we go to Lisbon to hang out for a day or two and to MAYBE see Metallica and Slipknot in concert! :)

Oh, our mothers would be proud.. Emily and I have been cleaning our bathroom, kitchen and room quite frequently. We even scrubbed! I, however, did not bring enough clothing... i just have to wash alot. I guess that's okay. I can always buy clothes here.

Ciao!

-Grace