Shopping

27th February

Found a sweet jewellery shop in Fuseta run by an English speaking husband and non English speaking wife. They have a small selection of watches but I am now desperate. So a purchase is made on a sports watch with rubber strap and waterproof to 100 ft or maybe meters or could be miles, but whatever, it is unlikely to be put to the test.

Then to the dog food shop which had Royal Canine dog food galore. In England, this brand is regarded as the most expensive of all. But we had not heard of any of the other brands which were all Portugese. Royal Canine does speciality foods for different breeds. Spaniels, Alsatiens, Poodles, snauzers, etc but not Tibetan Terriers, and certainly not for dogs of 13 years old!

The shop had many staff running around but it was difficult to get any help. I finally found someone who spoke a bit of English, and with my Ponglais, we established he had more Royal Canine out the back, and a 15kg bag was brought out for medium sized dogs over 8. That'll do. JC says, but where are we going to put it when we start travelling. No idea, but we'll manage.