Sorry, we do not have smart phones or anything like that, just pay as you go I'm afraid which we don't use for obvious reasons. We haven't been able to get to the bottom of this at all. The cards are still unusable, the office has closed in Lagoa with no sign of where they have moved to, the Residen...

Thanks for your replies. Yes, we have Skype and do use it to ring the kids but at the moment my husband is there with our laptop so we couldn't skype each other on the same computer!!! I will ask him to try the Algarve Book Shop for the cards - that's the one at the beginning of the in road on the l...

We are property owners in Carvoeiro but to save money ringing home, we always buy Easy Call phone cards from The Resident office in Lagoa. They are 5 euros and are really good. If you get cards from normal newsagents, they are erratic and don't last the number of minutes they are supposed to. When I...

Our daughter is coming out to visit with her 10 week old baby girl in March. We will need a travel cot (that folds up afterwards if possible) plus some kind of bouncing seat, with or without vibrations! She will obviously bring her own seat and pram and I presume she will buy nappies and baby milk t...