Today was a day for winter sports, Algarve-style. No snow but we don’t let that stop us. First was a trip ice skating – yes, this is possible. The water-slide park has turned into a ice skating mecca for the winter season. That’s what...

The air is fresh and the oxygen pure, the slope below invites a descent of speed and control. With a skip I am off jumping from side to side, zig-zagging in and out of obstacles, accelerating and turning, jumping and hopping, driving from left foot and...