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Azores and lisbon stopover
  • Steve Catterall
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Azores and lisbon stopover

Well decided to see if I can spot some whales, and Ilha de Sao Miguel is meant to be a great place to see a variety of species. Baca lagi
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    10 Mei 2023
    Steve CatterallAzores and lisbon stopoverSteve Catterall
    My first carriage awaits
    Lunch timeOh dear, champagne ...must be careful on this 😎The apartmentAn Irish bar, selling cider 😍 and it's right over the road from me, 🤓

    Day 1 traveling to ponta delgada

    10 Mei 2023, Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    Well azores here I come, I decided to visit here because it is meant to be one of the best places in the world to see whales, and after my failure to see any in Iceland I thought he'll why not 😎

    My journey starts at Manchester then change aircraft in Lisbon and on to the island of Sao Miguel for 10 nights, then on my return, I have a 4 day stopover in Lisbon.

    I'm not expecting glorious weather as Sao Miguel is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, but from what I've read the place is warm and spectacular.

    What a massive airport Lisbon is, took me ages to find the lounge but food is good, plenty tapas style bits, mousakka beer etc, and a free bar I'm tempted to try as I've a couple of hours till next flight 😎    Baca lagi

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    Day 2. Ponta Delgado

    11 Mei 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    Well today's a day for roaming the town and finding out the festival timings.

    Went to market to get some bits and pieces the wandered round the
    Forte Sao bras and little train ride 😎

    Everywhere is really busy preparing for the festival, I had a chat with a security guard who said that fromFriday evening and right through next week it's manic with thousands arriving, not sure about thousands but for being the capital this place is really calming and quietBaca lagi

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    This was all I caught of a sun fish, it was swimming,fin in air, and as we neared, it started diving

    Todays the day

    12 Mei 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    Late start 09:00, down to the port to get catamaran to go whale watching, I decided against going on a rib mainly because I thought it might be too bumpy, and very wet lol, well let's see what today brings eh 🤓

    Well certainly had a tear in my eye today, saw a sperm whale, humpback whale, an orca (just) and two different types of dolphin. Weather has been brilliant and the boat crew were really knowledgeable, in fact I might go again on Sunday morning 😎    Baca lagi

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    Evening festival

    12 Mei 2023, Portugal ⋅ 🌙 18 °C

    Well got to the church at 7pm and most people were just say around at the café bars, by 9 they were nearly ready, first the church musicians played a tune as the lights were all turned on, this was followed by this really good drum and bugle band who absolutely rocked it.

    A few beers and then strolled Bach to the apartment, they say tomorrow things get manic as they parade this saint around in a big sort of sedan chair, can't wait everywhere is buzzing    Baca lagi

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    Sunshine and chill

    13 Mei 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    Up early (ish) and a long walk along the seafront, then to find a bar for footy.went to the festival parade, god what a mob
    , Loads of people to watch this idol go round streets that had flowers on the road, more surprised by how much the military were involved including a couple of marches.

    Yet another roasting day, chemist clock showing 25° 🥵    Baca lagi

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    Humpback whale
    Baby sperm whale waiting for its mother to resurfaceFemale sperm whale

    Quiet sunday and more whales

    14 Mei 2023, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    DAY 5
    Lazy sunday

    More whale watching this morning, saw some humpback whales and then a few sperm whales, one with a youngster. Photos on camera though, definitely a few years in the eye today , got really close and a few good videos too.

    Afterwards went to seafood restaurant had black pudding with pineapples because everything has pineapples here (going to plantation tomorrow), then a genuine seafood cataplana with some fish I'd never heard of or tasted before along with prawns mussels cockles clams etc - really tasty.
    Now waiting for parade, captain of tour boat explained there are 20+ bands in the parade unlike yesterday's church one. All the streets the parade goes along are strewn with flowers, getting busy and looking good, bloody hot again    Baca lagi

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    Pineapple farm

    15 Mei 2023, Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    As it's a holiday today in the town I decided to stroll out to a pineapple farm.

    It's greenhouses with qr codes instead of a guide but as it's free there's no problem. Went to cafe where there's free samples of the products, pineapple liqueur (a bit bland for me) pineapple tea (which is quite refreshing hot) pineapple jam which isn't very sweet at all, and pineapple beer 😍Baca lagi

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    Lake fogoSete cidadesSteve's bar

    Sete cidades

    16 Mei 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    Started out on a tour , covering the west half to São Miguel, first stop was Ribeira Grande town , then we visited a whale watching post before heading to the Salto do Cabrito waterfall and on to Lake Fogo. The lake is in a volcano crater and we got there just as the clouds started to roll over the top.

    We then headed to Salto do Cabrito for lunch I had horse mackerel as I'd never heard of it, I was expecting something like a mackerel fillet but it was more like a very strong whitebait, very bony and very strong, mind you the house red was really tasty.

    After lunch we headed on towards Sete Cidades which is another lake in another volcano, although this has two lakes joined together, one is deep green and even though the two are linked together the other is blue! There's also an abandoned hotel that has become a tourist attraction in it own way. Finally we headed to Mosteiros before going back to pont delgada.    Baca lagi

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    I wish I knew the name of these trees their blue colour is fantastic

    Exploring belem

    19 Mei 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    Thought I would go to Belem , the metro doesn't go past cais do sodre so from there it's either train or bus, guess I picked wrong time of morning because the queue for both was massive! Anyhow got there looked round war museum and nice stroll and tram ride back to cais do sodre for a beer and pastel de bacalhauBaca lagi

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    Never click climbed so many bloody steps
    A famous fado singers house and museumAbsolutely love the vibrant tree colours

    Alto barrio and castel

    20 Mei 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    Decided to see alto Barrios without the bars open , and then a trip on the infamous number 28 tram, went to castle it was rammed full walked back down into square and there was a Buddhist festival on , lovely dancing very colourful was a nice event.
    Also found a real ale bar with over 36 real ales and three real Portuguese ciders so I tried all 3, a pear at 4.2, and two others that were really tasty at a mere 7.1, what a find 😃    Baca lagi

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    Home today

    21 Mei 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    Well I don't know what's rocked my boat more the azores or Lisbon.

    In all honesty it has to be the azores, what a beautiful island and the people so friendly with the added bonus of seeing the whales, most of my pics are on the camera ...it was awesome.

    Mind you Lisbon has come close, some good food and some really good beer, even found a real ale bar that is self service and sells 7.1 ° cider 😍

    Only 106 days until my next sojourn 😎🌞    Baca lagi

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    22 Mei 2023
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