I went on a Solo Backpacking trip to the Algarve Portugal 🇵🇹 Taking a Train across the Algarve

[@catherinekayy]

🎨 If you would like to check out Susanas art class and you happen to be in the algarve you can find it here: www.airbnb.co.uk/experiences/3046926

[@sharonwhitaker973]

What a dreamy solo trip! Really love these vlogs x

[@catherinekayy]

Oh my gosh this makes me super happy that you enjoy these vlogs heheh YAYY thank you so so much for watching!

[@deified-1111]

This video gave me goosebumps. The music, the scenery, the things you shared, the simplicity and beauty of the life around you. You are Blessed. Thanks for sharing!

[@catherinekayy]

oh my goodness thank you so much!

[@WendyDewarHughes]

What a great trip! I was in Portugal many years ago and would love to go back. Thanks for sharing everything.

[@catherinekayy]

heheh Its really beautiful isn't it, I Can't wait to go back too!

[@raquelpazibarria]

That fruit you got at the market is a mispel. And you are indeed supposed to peel it before eating. It’s one of my favourite fruits. It brings me a lot of childhood memories, we used to have a couple of trees at our house when I was a kid.

[@raenbeau]

Is it the same as "loquat" do you know? We have them in Southern California but they look a little smaller. They're delicious! Meaty inside, sweet and fuzzy skin

[@raenbeau]

Oops I realized I think we're talking about different fruits that she ate. My mistake!

[@raquelpazibarria]

No, you are not mistaken. It is also called a loquat. And you describe the taste beautifully. Meaty inside, sweet and fuzzy skin.

[@raquelpazibarria]

Because the skins is slightly fluffy, it feels a little bit as velvet. It doesn’t feel right on your mouth. And they are very easy to peel anyway.

[@BubbleInThePond]

It’s a mespila (in Greece and Cyprus) 😋

[@rinesun]

I’m so glad you’re having fun here in Portugal ! 🥰

[@catherinekayy]

Its a beautiful country I can't wait to come back!

[@nadinek6693]

Thanks for taking us along. I really want to visit Portugal.

[@catherinekayy]

I totally reccomend it its a beautiful country!

[@ruwgirl]

Enjoyed this series. Such a beautiful place. I love the alleyways...so full of charm.

[@catherinekayy]

yessss, the alleyways are so hecking dreamy I love it hehehe, so happy you enjoyed this series!

[@c.f.callier]

Thank you for sharing your trip! It was great to tag along and see the sights!

[@catherinekayy]

Im so happy you enjoyed it!

[@c.f.callier]

You're welcome!

[@rondagallagher8479]

So much fun...thank you for sharing your adventures!!!

[@catherinekayy]

heheh so happy you enjoyed it!

[@QueenBee-mk8xm]

That´s so cool that you did an art class in Lagos!

[@trishwest1809]

Loved this travel vlog Catherine ! The boat trip was fantastic with all the scenery and marina. The mango drink looked delicious ! Thank you for all the work and look forward to the next one !

[@catherinekayy]

Oh my gosh thank you so so much for watching Trish, Im so happy you enjoyed it!

[@MackPacking]

Wonderful vlog!! Going to Portugal soon 🎉

[@catherinekayy]

You’ll have the best time! It’s a great country! 🤍🥹

[@ida3742]

Fun video btw, thanks for sharing! Love your clothes too, super cute!!

[@catherinekayy]

TYSMMM

[@tomcrown_adventure]

Nice video Catherine, glad you're enjoying our country! All the best :)

[@catherinekayy]

It's a beautiful country I can't wait to come back!

[@jstanders6973]

Brilliant fun Catherine hope you can relax soon. 💐😘

[@ExpatNatt]

Love these travel vlogs or yours! You look absolutely glowing! Sending lots of love 💕

[@catherinekayy]

Oh my goodness thank you so so much Natt 😭😍

[@19Lillith]

So relaxing to watch 💆🏻‍♀️😊

[@catherinekayy]

heheh so happy you enjoyed it 😭😍

[@mikayamada8276]

I loved watching this so much!!! I was giggling when you were at the fish market! 🤣🤣 it’d be so funny if you made doodles of all the weird fishies hehe!!! I bet they’d still be cute in your style! Also! I loved the realness of you! You are such a sweetheart and I wish we could travel together one day!! 💗

[@catherinekayy]

hehehe it was sooooo gross 🤣 I wonder if anyone actually likes eating those things?! heheh aww thank you so so much! That really means the world YOU DA BEST

[@Travellingtherapistcreates]

I love this video. I'm going to The Algarve end of Sept this year for two months. I just cannot decide where to go. As a solo digital nomad over 50 would you say it's best to stay in a bigger place like Faro or Lago's as I've heard that it can get abit quiet out of season. I really want to meet people. Thanks so much , Zoe x

[@user-oz7gc9bi7w]

I was so thrilled the first time when you said "Kiwifruit" because that is actually the correct name. It's not actually the official name of the fruit, but is just branding. The fruit is not native to New Zealand, but as a business opportunity it was named "Kiwifruit". Kiwi is actually the name of a very important bird in New Zealand. Personally, It does upset me when people use the word Kiwi incorrectly to refer to the fruit. People seem to remember to call them 'passionfruit' or 'starfruit'. I hope anyone reading this will please call it by its full name, and not mistake it for the name of NZ sacred bird. Thanks! :)

[@hillary96renteria82]

wow I had no idea "kiwifruit" was the full name! it kind of makes sense after you pointed out "passionfruit" and "starfruit".

[@catherinekayy]

heheh I've always called it a Kiwifruit heheh Thats such cool info though hehe thank you so so much for sharing this! Its so interesting to learn something new every day hehe

[@elizabethturnbull9226]

Really enjoyed watching x

[@catherinekayy]

this makes me sohappy, Im really glad you enjoyed it!

[@cuppatea4551]

Thoroughly enjoyed this vlog ❤️

[@catherinekayy]

so happy you enjoyed it 😍🌱 YOU DA BEST

[@tinihartini1291]

i love watching this video ,nice to meet you

[@catherinekayy]

heheh im so glad you enjoyed it!

[@eprohoda]

Greetings- Catherine,very superb edition~ 📢

[@undeaddoeinc.7572]

I finally caught up on your vlogs again. Last I saw you, you were in surgery! It's doing you well, I can see a change in your face and shoulders. Live your best healthy life girl!!! So jealous you're in Portugal, my Vava and Vavo came from there, it's a dream of mine to go there

[@catherinekayy]

Oh my goodness hehe thank you so so much I hope you have enjoyed catching up with all the vlogs hehe

[@Lisasplace]

omg the running late for the tour reminded me of my last vacation. I was also by myself and i had booked a museum but with covid they had timeslots. I was supposed ot be way to early but i took the wrong turn and ended up having to rush. Eventho i walked the route the day prior haha

[@catherinekayy]

haha oh gosh 🤣 It's always so stressful isnt it hahah I alwats seem to be late!

[@gillypops99]

Just found this vlog! And saying to my portuguese hubby that it's funny how you see things through different eyes! I've now lived in Portugal, not Algarve, for nearly 30 years and we own a holiday apartment just along from Olhão and seeing you love everything is so lovely!!

[@catherinekayy]

hehehe oh wow! You live in portugal?! Im jealous of the amazing weather you have hehehe, Olhão was such a beautiful little town I loved this trip!

[@viktoyagordon7901]

You are sooo amazing, soooo natural 💕💕💕

[@catherinekayy]

oh my goodness, thank you so so much 😭

[@bwlchillax26]

As an introvert that breakfast looks like it would challenge me in every way. Most awkward human on earth here. You are slaying life :-) go you!!

[@catherinekayy]

it's actually great because it was a mix of introverts and extroverts, and someone will always strike up conversation first in a group!

[@dalbibit]

those tiny fruits are loquats, and yes the skin is edible but too tough to eat 😂😂 you can just peel it by hand and eat it like peaches. I always love how cute the seeds are 😆

[@lin90210]

Sweet :) you make friends so easily

[@catherinekayy]

heheh not always! But I am a loud mouth 🤣

[@vaishnodevifamily]

Very nice

[@ChristineKrale]

Which month did you travel? I would like to go in april

[@catherinekayy]

I think this was March or April! 🥹🎀

[@hillary96renteria82]

Looks so fun! how do you plan something like this?

[@catherinekayy]

I just booked a flight, then searched around for hostels, and booked one, then planned from there heheh and kinda just went with the flow after that!

[@teddiihikari]

For fish, I recommend trying herring if you haven't yet. Was my favorite when I went to europe long time ago. I love eating fish, but not all seafood is fish, I can't eat the weird seafood either, but I'll eat normal fish all day long. Shrimp is also good.

[@catherinekayy]

heheh yes I like prawns, salmon and some white fish, I also like mussles but theres some I just dont like if it tastes too 'fishy' hahah does that make sense? 🙈🤣

[@teddiihikari]

@@catherinekayy yes it does. I’ll eat crab. But I won’t eat octopus cause that too weird. My favorite fish is salmon too. Especially smoked salmon.

[@ida3742]

When was this filmed? Are masks still required in some places?

[@catherinekayy]

No Not in portugal anymore, this was filmed two weeks ago, but they are required on trains/public transport

[@inira7418]

You look like a doll, all of you

[@catherinekayy]

hehe oh my gosh I actually get this quite alot 🤣🙈 That I look like a pot doll lol 🤣 I used to be super scared of them growing up!

[@mariewahlberg9958]

💜💜

[@lindsayarmstrong7130]

What I wouldn’t give to be able to travel!

[@catherinekayy]

I hope you get the chance when you can!

[@MrMatavelhas]

You have to peel nesperas ;-)

[@catherinekayy]

Oopsie 😆😆🥲

[@MrMatavelhas]

@@catherinekayy on other technique is like this: You bite it normally with skin and before chewing it properly, you let the thongue and teeth do the peeling and spit out the skin before chewing it properly (the skin comes out very well and you can easily splitbit in the mouth)

[@Divinefemininemiracles]

Catherine how do you feel walking into places on your own? Do you get self conscious if you do how do you deal with that? Also is is difficult saying i cant eat all that? These are two things that put me off doing solo stuff sometimes so i am always interested in other peoples tips too. Enjoying the weight journey and travels. Xx

[@catherinekayy]

Oh I don'treally mind! Sometimes I get self conscious if Im walking the streets alone, that makes me a little nervous, if theres lots of people around it does though! And yes, its a little awkward because I dont want them to think its their cooking, and Im just 100% honest and tell them ive just had a bypass heheh!

[@brackalack1]

Oh your trip looks like a lot of fun. How did it feel being on your own? Would you do it again?

[@catherinekayy]

Oh yesss! I would totally do it again it was SO FUN, it was really interesting because I actually talked to SOOO many more people than I would if I was with friends or a couple, also I noticed more people approached me and striked up conversation when I was alone! So it was epic! hehe also its fun just kinda going with it and doing whatever you like hehe

[@brackalack1]

@@catherinekayy I think it can be addictive, just deciding stuff on the fly and arranging stuff exactly as you like it. Glad you had such a fun time, the hostel looked really nice but I'd be scared I'd snore and keep everyone awake! Then they'd want to murder me in the morningn lol. I'd have to have slept in the hammock on the roof 🤣🤣🤣

[@ColdBluex]

Here I am to name the fruit, despite my delay! I'm the "strange fruit guy" I know, after annoying your comment section about the Pomelo, I want to solve the mistery about the "kiwifruit" that's not a kiwi, actually! Here in Italy we do have kiwi, but they're always "furry" and very brown outside: inside, however, they're almost always green even if in the last years there are few variations like the yellow and the red one. Outside they all look the same. Kiwis are also so much bigger than the misterious fruits you bought. So what is it?! In Italy we call them "Nespole" (Nespola, singular), an ancient fruit known and used since the Roman Empire times :D Specifically you've found the yellow version, more round, plump and orange (usually they're brown). In Italy it's pretty common especially in the countryside houses where it was often present. Common in gardens but not commonly eaten. I don't know, actually, people -young or old- used to eat them. You can find them in some supermarkets, tho. When I was a kid I was used to eat them unripe (it's like eat a VERY unripe and still very green banana. It gives you that sensation of dryness in the mouth. In Italy, to refer to that feeling, we say that "that fruit ties the teeth". When it's unripe it's very different from the orange, plump and round ripened version :D You wouldn't say they're the same thing! And they're indeed cousin of the plum, because they're from the Rosaceae family as well, in the same way of plums, cherry, almond, apricot, sour cherry trees and others :D Wikipedia says that in English they're called medlars? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mespilus_germanica www.google.com/search?q=nespola&rlz=1C1GCEA_enIT995IT995&sxsrf=ALiCzsabwOg6H8RteTr0ZoqvMRZZnmrJ3A:1653426427894&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj2g5a3hfn3AhVqMewKHRFHBjQQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=958&bih=927&dpr=1

[@avraidire7163]

The “loquat” known as Japanese plum is called nêspera in Portuguese and níspero in Spanish. You do not eat the skin. Originally from China, it is grown all over the world, Asia, Australia, South, Central America, Mexico parts of the US and the Mediterranean since the 16th century.

[@catherinekayy]

Oohhhh is that what it is?! Thats so cool, yes I learnt not to eat the skin the hard way hahah 🤣 its so tasty, you can't really get them here in England, and least I haven't seen them readily avaliable!

[@ColdBluex]

@@catherinekayy I didn't see this reply before and I've replied now, they're called Nespola in Italian (Nespole, plural) :D Here in Italy it's known since the Roman Empire!

[@Lisasplace]

If i'm not mistaken soem of this footage was uploaded before right? I'm having a major dejavu haha

[@catherinekayy]

Yes on my personal instagram I shared some bits!

[@tinaborteye9157]

Wow this art workshop looks amazing. Please can you like Susanne’s link? I’ll be interested in going.

[@catherinekayy]

oh dammit I cant believe i forgot! Here you go: www.airbnb.co.uk/experiences/3046926

[@tinaborteye9157]

@@catherinekayy thank you 😊

[@7books88]

Can you please give me a link to your lashes, pretty please. I keep buying 'natural' lashes from ebay but they are not natural 😮‍💨 Yours are always very everyday natural x

[@catherinekayy]

amzn.to/3MtUl1l Here you go my lovely, I get the natural ones!

[@7books88]

@@catherinekayy thank you, you beautiful human. X