La Vida Ohio!: Olá Portugal

This Memorial Day weekend we had the chance to take a short road trip (3 1/2 hours) east to the resort town of Albufeira, Portugal where we stayed at a wonderful family-friendly resort with some friends from Rota. It was a weekend packed full of fun with friends, swimming at the pool, beach fun, water park/aquarium fun, and a winery trip to top it all off. While we were not celebrating the holiday with your traditional b-b-q we were in the company of great friends with lots of good food and kid/adult beverages. Our friend took on the task (which it was with all of the people who came!) of organizing some activities off of the resort grounds which made for some fun for all.

On Friday we visited a local winery called Quinta dos Vales (http://www.quintadosvales.eu/) where we had the chance to sample some wines and take a tour of the grounds which are complete with a wine cellar, a park for the kids, a petting zoo, and some lively art work which is on display all throughout the winery. While the art appeared to be simple in its nature (but with some interesting poses), some of the pieces sell for as much as 50,000 Euro. On Sunday many of us headed out to Zoomarine (http://www.zoomarine.pt/index.php), an aquatic park/aquarium/theme park all in one. It was a fun day in which we were able to see a dolphin show, a sea otter show, ride some rides, visit an aquarium, ride on the water slide, and play in the pool. This was a perfect outing for all because it is so rare that you can visit a park and partake in all of the fun activities that it has to offer for one price.

Overall it was a great weekend enjoyed by all but in the end I think the most fun had by all was at the pool while we were all just hanging out and socializing!