In the hope that our differences will open minds rather than darken them and that we'll emerge stronger as a community with our mutual interest in Carvoeiro, I wish each and every one of you a safe and very Happy New Year.

Steen

Happy New Year, Steen, and thanks for the forum, it's a great place to be . . . . even if you do bar me now and again.

And a very Happy New Year to you Steen.

A very happy new year Steen and thank you.

Steen, what you offer on here and the spirit in which you offer it are highly appreciated, thank you. There's clearly a lot of hard work that goes on behind the scenes so thanks for all that too.

your comment is very well put, for my own part I've been coming to and now living in Carvoeiro for 27 years, it's very dear to my heart; when we first came we had to stop the taxi in Lagoa to get some milk and bread and then drive to what was then Modelo in Portimao to do a big shop for our stay. We queued up to get our Escudo's in the bank on the front of the square, walked up the out road a bit to buy a 2 day old newspaper and sometimes drove 1 1/2 hours on the N125 to Penina for a round of golf, the traffic to Portimao was horrendous. Our favourite 'first go to meal' was 'Old' Antonio's (now Lanterna) for some flambee prawns cooked by Antonio before he had his lottery wins & opened his own restaurant across the road. All roads from town to VdM were dust, no tarmac, going to Marinha beach was like going on safari; the butcher's (which is now Happy's) used to sell lovely things to put on the barbecue, fresh rolls were sold by a little old lady through a window on the in road. We had to drive to Armacao for a chinky, curry was unheard of.

so much has changed, a motorway from Faro!, a massive choice of golf in easy driving distance, big local supermarkets, daily printed papers, dozens of new reataurants & bars, tarmac roads, water parks, internet, Sky TV,

and yet when I walk onto the beach in the centre of town & look up at the cliffs on both sides it still looks, feels and smells (I love the Algarve 'dust' smell you get when you get off the plane) the same; Carvoeiro is still a lovely place to visit and to be, we love being part of it; thanks to all on here who work to make living here and visiting here a great experience.

Happy new year to you Steen, and to all fellow 'Carvoeiroites'

Sunman

Great post sunman - fully agree,
Happy 2011 to evrerybody

A very happy & healthy New Year Steen.....and many thanks for the forum
God bless you & yours
Ellie xx

A very Happy New Year to you Steen and to everyone on this forum, I hope you all have a great year and that it brings you health and happiness.

Happy New Year to Steen and all the forum members. Lets hope next year allows us lots of holidays and long sunny days in Carvoeiro.

sunman wrote:Steen, what you offer on here and the spirit in which you offer it are highly appreciated, thank you. There's clearly a lot of hard work that goes on behind the scenes so thanks for all that too.

your comment is very well put, for my own part I've been coming to and now living in Carvoeiro for 27 years, it's very dear to my heart; when we first came we had to stop the taxi in Lagoa to get some milk and bread and then drive to what was then Modelo in Portimao to do a big shop for our stay. We queued up to get our Escudo's in the bank on the front of the square, walked up the out road a bit to buy a 2 day old newspaper and sometimes drove 1 1/2 hours on the N125 to Penina for a round of golf, the traffic to Portimao was horrendous. Our favourite 'first go to meal' was 'Old' Antonio's (now Lanterna) for some flambee prawns cooked by Antonio before he had his lottery wins & opened his own restaurant across the road. All roads from town to VdM were dust, no tarmac, going to Marinha beach was like going on safari; the butcher's (which is now Happy's) used to sell lovely things to put on the barbecue, fresh rolls were sold by a little old lady through a window on the in road. We had to drive to Armacao for a chinky, curry was unheard of.

so much has changed, a motorway from Faro!, a massive choice of golf in easy driving distance, big local supermarkets, daily printed papers, dozens of new reataurants & bars, tarmac roads, water parks, internet, Sky TV,

and yet when I walk onto the beach in the centre of town & look up at the cliffs on both sides it still looks, feels and smells (I love the Algarve 'dust' smell you get when you get off the plane) the same; Carvoeiro is still a lovely place to visit and to be, we love being part of it; thanks to all on here who work to make living here and visiting here a great experience.

Happy new year to you Steen, and to all fellow 'Carvoeiroites'

Sunman

I agree, what a great post. Best wishes to all in CVO for 2011

sunmann what a lovely post