Island Tour - Day 2.1

We waited until noon to see if the sky was going to clear and when it did we headed directly to the coast. We stopped at several scenic viewpoints and drove through quaint towns. We took a wine/beer break at a cheese factory where they gave us a small plateful of cheese samples. Marco did a quick tour of the largest city, Angra do Heroismo, with a population of 35,000. He took us to some hilltop monuments and sites that would save us a lot of climbing when we returned to Angra later in the week.Read more