Catching up

With Shimelle's class approaching, I thought I had better get a move on with my Portugal album so last night while everyone else was out, I got another couple of pages done. These pages relate to the day we went to Lagos.

We popped into the fish market opposite the harbour and went up onto the roof to take some pictures. Normally when we go past it must be later in the morning as the stalls are cleared - fish markets sell out early over there! But this time we were lucky and managed to see some of the local delicacies. When you think of Portugal, you immediately think of sardines but on the left hand page, the photo on it's own shows a fish typical to that area - Espada. We first came across this fish when we went to Madeira back in the early 80s and we were told that they live so deep in the ocean that they have never been able to bring one to the surface alive. Rumour has it that even Jacques Cousteau had tried and failed! They really are beautiful ugly fish (if you know what I mean!) the silver of their skin looks completely metallic so for the educational part of my post today, here's a close up!

Thanks to everyone for their kind words on my travelling son. If I get any updates on his journey I will pass them on! Meanwhile I'm trying to keep myself busy so maybe there'll be a bit more scrapbooking to my blog in the next few weeks ...