Southern Portugal

Visiting a few stellar beaches, we went to Algarve with our friends Dani and Caitlin. This region takes up the whole width of the southern Portugal. I'd been there a few times before with friends, so I was excited to see its clean, sandy beaches and orange-y cliffs.
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We visited a friend who works as a photographer at the Sheraton in Albufeira, and girlfriend has a view of this. Who says I'm jealous?

Our expecting parent friends practicing with our daughter.

We went to Cabo San Vicente on the most southwestern point of Portugal, whose high cliffs soar 75 meters.

Couple shot! Hey, where's our third musketeer?
Here she is, sitting her little booty on this oversized chair.
...and wasn't happy about sharing it.
Caitlin looks on while vendors take advantage of the throngs of cape admirers.

Dani took us to Praia do Beliche, which is a secluded cove 500 meters down with a bunch of steep steps at the very bottom. (Try doing this with a kid on your hip.)

There was a natural pool on the beach, where Paloma played on her inflatable mat and naked German kids pranced about.
I pose with my lil' one.
We also went to San Rafael beach. Love that cute little square tunnel.
See that kid standing on the rock in the middle of the photo? He stood at the top of this rock for a half hour while an anxious audience wondered if he'd sacrifice his ego for a potential death wish. (He jumped. He made it. There was an applause.)

A day of sun and marathon Scrabble with friends. This is living!