Oct
24
2009
7

What Are Portuguese Dentists Like And How Much Does Treatment Cost?

My boyfriend went to the dentist today in the UK and had two teeth out, he was supposed to have four but they had to perform some kind of surgery because the teeth wouldn’t come out. Ouch!
Anyway we are moving to the Algarve on Sunday for six months and he has to get the following treatment done there as he can’t get an appointment here;
1 tooth out
1 root canal (tooth can now be saved, it was supposed to come out)
2 fillings
Gums cleaned out
I am worried that it will cost a fortune, any ideas how much it will be and if there are discounts because of being in Europe?

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Oct
19
2009
22

Mccanns: Mark Warner Have Ditched ‘nanny At The Door’ Service - What Worked For You ?

We read with interest that in the wake of the McCann saga, Mark Warner has ditched their ‘nannies listening at children’s doors’ service (even though not avaible at Praia da Luz on Portugal’s Algarve in May 2007) and instead converted to a system of ‘a drop-off service where the children are taken to an on-site creche’.
Serial child neglectors Kate and Gerry McCann remain the MAIN SUSPECTS in the case of missing Madeleine McCann, now missing for almost a year.
What child care systems have been in operation when you have taken a family holiday abroad, and what system operated safetly for you ?
Source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/new…

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Oct
18
2009
10

“what Are They Lassie? -they Could Be Barking At Anything.”?

That was Philomena McCann’s discription of the cadaver dogs used in the Algarve.
Please tell me what you think of this very interesting article entitled “Sniffer Dogs used to seek Madeleine prove again their effectiveness — SNIFFER DOGS THAT MADE THE FIND”http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/

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Oct
12
2009
8

What The H**l???????????what Do You Think?

Madeleine McCann disappeared May 3 when her parents left her and her 2-year-old twin siblings alone in their hotel room while they went to a restaurant in their hotel complex in Praia da Luz, a resort town in Portugal’s Algarve region. Gerry and Kate McCann have said they won’t return to Britain without their daughter.

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Oct
08
2009
9

Have You Heard About This, What Do You Think?

POLICE INVOLVED in the hunt for Madeleine McCann have widened their investigation from Europe to north Africa after a tourist reportedly saw the four-year-old with a mystery man in Morocco.Marie Olli, 45, said the blonde girl was with an “anonymous” man who could be from Britain. She claimed the pair didn’t seem related and she became suspicious when the child asked the man: “Can I see mummy soon?”
However, it wasn’t until she returned home to Fuengirola in Spain after the May 9 sighting, six days after Madeleine was snatched from her family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz on the Algarve, that she saw TV coverage of her disappearance. She reported the sighting to police in Leicestershire, where her British husband is from. The British force said an officer from the investigation had visited them, while a source close to the Portuguese inquiry said: “I can confirm there are some searches inside and outside of Portugal - in England, for instance.

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Sep
30
2009
6

What Was The Hilarious Thing This Year?

I have just come back from the Great Algarve in Portugal… Great holiday.
We were all down in the Hotels pool and playing water sports with 2 inflatable balls. Obviously there was about 50 people around on sunbeds at the time. Both balls managed to get to the deep end so my mate Mark went to get them…
So he now has both balls standing at the side of the pool with everyone watching. He looks around and kicks one…
WHOOPS ‘Sorry’ he said when it hit some lady on the butt cheeks sunbathing… So he thought oh well and kicked the other ball. It only hit the same woman in the same place & the whole pool area was in laughter…
Even the husband was laughing… Luckily lol.
YOU !?

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Sep
30
2009
6

What Was The Hilarious Thing This Year?

I have just come back from the Great Algarve in Portugal… Great holiday.
We were all down in the Hotels pool and playing water sports with 2 inflatable balls. Obviously there was about 50 people around on sunbeds at the time. Both balls managed to get to the deep end so my mate Mark went to get them…
So he now has both balls standing at the side of the pool with everyone watching. He looks around and kicks one…
WHOOPS ‘Sorry’ he said when it hit some lady on the butt cheeks sunbathing… So he thought oh well and kicked the other ball. It only hit the same woman in the same place & the whole pool area was in laughter…
Even the husband was laughing… Luckily lol.
YOU !?

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Sep
26
2009
11

So What About This Swiss Sicko Then? Had You Heard Of This?

“A paedophile who was on holiday in the Algarve at the time that Madeleine McCann was taken from her bed has been found dead after abducting a 5-year-old girl.
Urs Hans Von Aesch killed himself in a Swiss forest close to the belongings of Ylenia Lenhard, who is still missing a week after she disappeared.
Portuguese detectives have been told of similarities between the abductions of Madeleine and Ylenia, who look remarkably similar. They have also been informed that Von Aesch, who lived in Spain, was thought to have been close to Praia da Luz when Madeleine disappeared 96 days ago. ”
Had you heard about this? http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/wo…

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Sep
25
2009
7

What Do You Think Of This (re:maddie’s Parents)?

Re: Malta Sighting of Maddie
‘.. a spokeswoman for parents Gerry and Kate McCann say they were not giving credence to the claims at this stage and are focusing on events to boost awareness of her disappearance.
The spokeswoman said: “Their whole attitude from day one has been that they know there are going to be lots of bits of information but if they expended energy on every single one of them what would they be like by now?
“Until they hear that something has been checked out and there is a resolution of the piece of information one way or the other and that comes from an official source they are not going to focus on it.”
Instead, they will lead a balloon release in up to 50 countries to mark the 50th day of their daughter’s disappearance.
The two doctors, from Rothley in Leicestershire, will release 50 yellow helium-filled balloons on the beach at the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz, where Madeleine was staying when she was abducted.
(Source ITV News 22.06.07)

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Sep
23
2009
11

Have You Heard This? What Do You Think?

POLICE INVOLVED in the hunt for Madeleine McCann have widened their investigation from Europe to north Africa after a tourist reportedly saw the four-year-old with a mystery man in Morocco.Marie Olli, 45, said the blonde girl was with an “anonymous” man who could be from Britain. She claimed the pair didn’t seem related and she became suspicious when the child asked the man: “Can I see mummy soon?”
However, it wasn’t until she returned home to Fuengirola in Spain after the May 9 sighting, six days after Madeleine was snatched from her family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz on the Algarve, that she saw TV coverage of her disappearance. She reported the sighting to police in Leicestershire, where her British husband is from. The British force said an officer from the investigation had visited them, while a source close to the Portuguese inquiry said: “I can confirm there are some searches inside and outside of Portugal - in England, for instance.

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