A visit from Helen and Mark Randell - all the way from South Australia!

On August 3rd we were pleased to be able to welcome Uncle Mark and Helen in Lisbon. Luckily for us, they had stopped in Portugal on their 5-week tour of some of Europe (culminating in a steam-engine themed tour in England, which Helen has a few reservations about... I can't think why).

After spending a couple of days touring some choice cities in the country, they concluded that they had allocated far too little time to seeing Portugal. Well, they'll just have to come back!

We principally split into two halves - the men talking geology (with Margaux - being carried by Thomas in a front-pack - soaking it all in, I'm sure), and Helen and I having an in-depth natter, which I haven't had the opportunity to do before.

We spent a lovely late afternoon wandering around Old Cascais, followed by an aperitif at our place, and then on to dinner at 5entidos. The restaurant's name is Cinco Sentidos (5 senses), and this is how they spell it - it's not an odd typo on my part!

It was a simply splendid evening - which we would love to do a variation on when they decide to explore more of the delights this country has to offer.