Thurs.-Black Beach and Abandoned Hotel

Today was a mishmash day. We did a little bit of everything from shopping to swimming, to spending time on the black beach in Ponta Delgada looking for coloured glass, and Tim, Key and Matt’s drive/hike to Sete Cidades. We were all over the place, together and not together. Nathan had been sick but today he was a lot better.

When Tim, Key and Matt went to the west coast, they came upon an abandoned luxury hotel. They fully explored it and could only imagine what it looked like in its heyday. It was supposed to be the most luxurious hotel in Portugal when it was built but the company went bankrupt and as it was not maintained, nature took its course. In a future blog, I will write a footprint about the history of the hotel.

A few brave souls in our family enjoyed going for daily, very cold dips in the tide pools at the back of our house. Tim especially enjoyed ‘encouraging’ his wife to go in. Polar Bear Dip in the Azores!

The Best Experiences of the Day

Nathan - feeling better!

Audrey - Getting an Azores stuffy dolphin

Cal - collecting sea glass on the black sand beach and eating chocolate ice cream

Matt - the view from the deserted hotel and the naked butt graffiti

Amy - getting a cute angel in a store in Ponta Delgada

Tim - taking the ‘trail’ to the abandoned hotel at Siete Cidades and watching Key’s epic polar bear dip in the ocean

Caitlin - seeing the steep cliff over the Lago Azulejo

Connie - playing cribbage with the family after dinner

Chris - cooking delicious steak over wood on the barbecue while listening to tunesRead more