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- Day 1
- Friday, December 20, 2019
- ☀️ -5 °C
- Altitude: 100 m
CanadaNathan Phillips Square43°39’7” N 79°22’56” W
Good start
December 20, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ -5 °C
Sooooo, we're off to a good start....
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- Day 2
- Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 8:00 AM
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 20 m
PortugalPortas da Cidade37°44’26” N 25°40’2” W
Early morning midflight dinner
December 21, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Midflight at Toronto time 4am, Sao Miguel time 8am:
Flight attendants: here is some beef and potatoes, and cheesecake
Me: at no time zone we've flown over does this dinner make sense 🤷🤷🤷
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- Day 2
- Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 8:37 AM
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 92 m
- PortugalPonta Delgada / Nordela Acores37°44’58” N 25°42’37” W
Landing!
December 21, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Got the perfect view of the island from the plane.
I'm also dressed way too warmly whoops the Canadian in me is too strong
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- Day 2
- Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 9:00 AM
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 91 m
- PortugalPonta Delgada / Nordela Acores37°44’59” N 25°42’38” W
I am here for the puns
December 21, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
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- Day 2
- Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 3:30 PM
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 775 m
- PortugalLagoa do Canário37°50’7” N 25°45’32” W
Fog: 1, Us: 0
December 21, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Was very sunny when we landed and at our hotel so I was like WE MUST GO TO THE FAMOUS THING ON THE MOUNTAIN TOP while we have nice sunny weather!
Unfortunately the fog was hiding in the mountains soRead more
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- Day 2
- Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 3:45 PM
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 14 m
- PortugalIgreja Matriz de São Sebastião37°44’25” N 25°40’4” W
Backup plan: follow the sun
December 21, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
So we ditched the fog and came back down to the sun to do some urban wandering and eating.
Also, I'm going to need a lot of backup plans because:
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- Day 2
- Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 4:00 PM
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- PortugalPraça Gonçalo Velho37°44’16” N 25°40’11” W
Oceanside promenade walks
December 21, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Had a mini heart attack while walking here when I discovered my photos weren't showing up in my gallery.
Turns out because I manually changed the time zone on my phone to override Toronto time, myRead more
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- Day 2
- Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 5:00 PM
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 5 m
- PortugalPraça Gonçalo Velho37°44’16” N 25°40’10” W
Dat afternoon glow
December 21, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
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- Day 3
- Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 3:30 PM
- 🌬 19 °C
- Altitude: 23 m
- PortugalPonta do Arnel37°49’29” N 25°8’10” W
Legs day
December 22, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ 🌬 19 °C
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- Day 3
- Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 5:00 PM
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 12 m
- PortugalPonta da Ribeira37°50’44” N 25°8’49” W
The internet lied to us
December 22, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
This is supposed to be a geothermal pool connected to the ocean that you can swim in according to the internet, but it was neither warm nor clean so definitely not swimming-friendly.
At least thereRead more
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- Day 3
- Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 5:05 PM
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 289 m
- PortugalJardim do Miradouro da Ponta do Sossego37°47’57” N 25°8’45” W
Cute kitties
December 22, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Cats appear to be the most popular animal here second only to cows
The cutest one is still that tiny grey one that lurks in our villa grounds and darts into your house faster than anyone as soon asRead more
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- Day 3
- Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 6:00 PM
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 340 m
- PortugalSanto António37°45’18” N 25°17’13” W
Fog: 2, Us: Still 0
December 22, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Creepiest drive ever, the fog in the mountains here is NO JOKE
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- Day 3
- Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 7:00 PM
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- PortugalParque de Merendas de Ribeira Chã37°42’50” N 25°29’47” W
Yum fishies
December 22, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Braced the fog for this grilled fish dinner 👍 one of these is swordfish.... And I can't remember the rest, too busy 🤤🤤🤤
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- Day 4
- Monday, December 23, 2019 at 10:00 AM
- 🌧 13 °C
- Altitude: 668 m
- PortugalCedros37°45’15” N 25°21’20” W
Morning views
December 23, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Worthy views.
Featuring papa Fang, king of the castle.
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- Day 4
- Monday, December 23, 2019 at 12:45 PM
- 🌧 14 °C
- Altitude: 219 m
- PortugalMoinho de Água37°46’25” N 25°18’41” W
Cozido das furnas
December 23, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
The most famous dish from this island. It's basically a bunch of meats, sausages, and veggies stewed in a hot spring/volcanic vent for a really long time.
The blood sausages looked very unappetizingRead more
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- Day 4
- Monday, December 23, 2019 at 4:00 PM
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 204 m
- PortugalParque Terra Nostra37°46’21” N 25°18’57” W
Funky coloured spa time
December 23, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Yes the colour really looks like this in real life.
The internet says it's because of iron in the water, which made my uncle call it "water coming from rusted iron pipes".
It did feel quite nice andRead more
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- Day 4
- Monday, December 23, 2019 at 5:00 PM
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- PortugalPorto Lagoa37°44’42” N 25°34’19” W
MOOooOOOOoooo
December 23, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Cows. Everywhere.
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- Day 5
- Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at 10:30 AM
- 🌧 17 °C
- Altitude: 222 m
- PortugalRibeira da Cafua37°49’5” N 25°24’9” W
Europe's only tea plantation
December 24, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
Unfortunately we saw none of it because EPIC DOWNPOUR.
Got to try some azorean black and green tea though. Maybe it's cause we have high Chinese standards but we didn't think it was too special LOL
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- Day 5
- Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at 3:00 PM
- 🌧 16 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- PortugalPraia das Milicias37°44’59” N 25°37’56” W
Angry waves
December 24, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Got drenched by really large angry waves here hitting up over the sidewalk
Therefore last stop on this rainy rainy day
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- Day 5
- Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at 4:10 PM
- 🌧 14 °C
- Altitude: 113 m
- PortugalTermo37°44’9” N 25°32’50” W
Christmas eve dumpling party
December 24, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Because all the restaurants are closed for the holidays and we are just too asian.
It took about 5 people, a lot of spare things as fire starters, and one conveniently placed hairdryer to get theRead more
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- Day 6
- Wednesday, December 25, 2019 at 8:00 AM
- ⛅ 12 °C
- Altitude: 554 m
- PortugalLagoa Rasa37°50’23” N 25°47’42” W
Christmas sunrise!!
December 25, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
MERRY CHRISTMAS from the postcard famous views from the Azores!
Got up before sunrise just for this, to take advantage of the only sunny, cloudless day on the island.
20/20 worth it.
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- Day 6
- Wednesday, December 25, 2019 at 8:20 AM
- ⛅ 12 °C
- Altitude: 571 m
- PortugalLagoa Rasa37°50’20” N 25°47’39” W
Abandoned hotel rooftop 360° views
December 25, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Had the place to ourselves for sunrise.
Bit of a creepy climb to get in and to find the stairs but advertised as the "best view" so obviously we had to go.
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- Day 6
- Wednesday, December 25, 2019 at 10:00 AM
- ⛅ 12 °C
- Altitude: 725 m
- PortugalCaldeira Grande37°50’37” N 25°45’48” W
More famous views of famous lakes
December 25, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Because of the sun, and because the most famous things on this island are basically all crater lakes, today is turning into the GO TO ALL THE FAMOUS MOUNTAIN-TOP LAKES DAY.
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- Day 6
- Wednesday, December 25, 2019 at 11:00 AM
- ⛅ 12 °C
- Altitude: 738 m
- PortugalLagoa do Canário37°50’10” N 25°45’34” W
Lake # I-already-can't-remember
December 25, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Slightly less famous, less mountain-top-y lake.
Famous more for looking like the snapchat logo on google maps LOL
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- Day 6
- Wednesday, December 25, 2019 at 2:00 PM
- ⛅ 12 °C
- Altitude: 582 m
- PortugalLombadas37°45’45” N 25°28’27” W
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