PortugalDistrito de LisboaSocorroPrazeres38°42’59” N 9°9’60” W
PortugalDistrito de LisboaSocorroSão MamedePraça da Alegria38°43’18” N 9°8’41” W
3 Mei 2019, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Normal routine the last couple of days, different today in that instead of a post-gym café-and-plaza seeking expedition, it was a trip to the laundromat. Two loads to wash and dry was over 20 €,Baca lagi
Pengembara It’s been raining constantly here, so you may as well stay where you’re at! 😉
PortugalAzoresLajes do PicoSilveiraRibeira do Carvalhal38°24’48” N 28°16’59” W
4 Mei 2019, Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
By 10:30 am, we were in our rental car and driving around the island of Pico. Volcano in the middle and lava flows everywhere. Our hotel is amazing, Aldeia da Fonte. Five old village houses turnedBaca lagi
PortugalAzoresLajes do PicoSilveiraRibeira do Carvalhal38°24’48” N 28°16’57” W
6 Mei 2019, Portugal ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
So far, not much rain, and even one whole day of sun! We have walked and walked, along the coast and up high near the volcano. Today we took a long guided walk through a “lava tube”, formed aboutBaca lagi
PortugalAzoresLajes do PicoSilveiraRibeira do Carvalhal38°24’47” N 28°16’57” W
7 Mei 2019, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Days don’t get much better than this. Carpe diem!
We took an 8 am ferry over to the island of Faial, a short 30 minute hop, where the sun shone all day and the views back over our island with itsBaca lagi
8 Mei 2019, Portugal ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
We woke up to rain and wind, and no surprise, our whale-watching trip was cancelled. They re-booked us for tomorrow afternoon, fingers crossed. Staying with the whaling theme, we went to the whalingBaca lagi
PortugalAzoresLajes do PicoSilveiraRibeira do Carvalhal38°24’48” N 28°16’57” W
9 Mei 2019, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Today we visited the north side of the island, just as beautiful as the south. We went to a second whaling museum, this one located in the old factory where the whale was turned into oil, vitamins,Baca lagi
Laurie Reynolds Flour ground up from the bones. It was used as fertilizer on the fields, and then ground up with whale meat as food for the animals. I don’t think anyone made bread out of it!
PortugalAzoresBandeirasPorto CachorroPico Airport38°33’8” N 28°26’38” W
10 Mei 2019, Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Not much going on today except a visit to the wine museum and one last (we hope) walk along the lava beds on the coast. The wine museum explained how the people of the island brought soil over from aBaca lagi
PortugalAzoresBandeirasPorto CachorroPico Airport38°33’9” N 28°26’38” W
11 Mei 2019, Portugal ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
The flight was canceled yesterday, as we had expected. So we spent the night in a hotel on the waterfront. This morning, a bus brought us back to the airport. The winds are too bad for a plane toBaca lagi
Pengembara Yowza! That’s quite enough excitement! Here’s hoping for a very calm rest of your trip.
PortugalAzoresAngra do HeroísmoPraca Velha38°39’20” N 27°13’10” W
12 Mei 2019, Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
I picked this hotel because of its fitness center but the view would have also been a perfect reason. This morning, reception helped make some more contacts about my iPad and depending on whom youBaca lagi
Pengembara Looks like you have beautiful weather!
Pengembara When I stayed in Lisboa I had an apartment in the old city and the city tramline, it was a wonderful experience.