Apartments Acorsonho São Miguel

... with towering cliffs, almost looking like Ireland. The farms went on and on with cows everywhere as they are a big milk producer and make butter and cheese for European countries. What surprised me most was that this place is covered with Hydrangeas..they are all over the place. Of course i LOVED that being from New England and all. Alot still had beautiful blue blossoms and i was very surprised! We ...

aaaah, the fresh air... how will my lungs ever adjust to all the smog back home?? these past few days and next few have been engulfed in a huge catholic festval. something about jesus cristo do milagro, but don´t hold me to that! yesterday was the big blowout with a 5 hour long procession around town with the bishop and all his minions following a massive flower covered statue of jesus around town. the pathway was laid with a carpet of ...

... local wines, and try a few local cheeses too. And of course they were selling the wine, but it made no sense to buy any. The ship will not let you bring liquor on board for free. They will confiscate the wine and hold it til the end of the cruise, or they will charge you a $15 corkage fee per bottle if you insist on taking it to your cabin. Yesterday, we had a lazy day. We went to an art auction in the ...

On Sunday morning, April 12, I flew to São Miguel island in Azores, where I met Manuel Couto in the afternoon, in a small village called Lombinha da Maia. Finding this village was another case of struggling to get to a place. Azores is an archipelago of nice islands in the Atlantic. Azores is basically a fishing and farming community. Most of the construction is showing signs of aging, and the streets are extremely narrow; however the scenery and countryside ...

06-09/04/09 At Sea Temps Air 28 to 19°C Sea 27 to 20°C Oh what a difference, the weather is starting to change for the worse with winds increasing to force 5-6 and swells of 2-3m. Each day means a reduction in the temperature of approx. 2°C that might not seem much but trust me I can tell you it's significant, it's meant a sad return to trousers and tee shirts and I've no doubt it'll be jumpers and ...

Easy 24hr sail to Sao Miguel. The port of entry is Ponta Delgarda which is the largest city in the Azores group. The marina is recently built in conjunction with a cruise terminal and is starkly modern in comparison to the city. The town is a mixture of old and new with quite a bit of development going on. The old part has beautiful tiled paths and cobblestone streets with lots of little outdoor cafes ...

Apenas visitei S. Miguel. É uma ilha linda!!!! O aeroporto impõe respeito (pelo menos na altura), pois quando iamos para o hotel o taxista disse: "aqui acaba a pista do aeroporto"... por isso se a coisa não corresse bem na travagem tinhamos ido parar à estrada principal...ai ai os aeroportos portugueses. As praias são vulcanicas por isso a areia é preta e rochosa. A ilha é pequena, por isso num dia acabamos por ver quase tudo. Claro que muita coisa ...

... we had been given the wrong time due to a special feast in the neighboring village. (Yes, the parishes share priests here as well!) BUT all was not lost... We met a distant cousin who had come back to the neighborhood to visit his mother: Guilleme Barbosa Leite... See the photos. The resemblance he bears to Ruth's mother and Jen's grandmother, Margaret Mello Santos, in both the eyes ...

Finally! We have some time to update our Blog! We tried to do so on the 17th, but our wireless internet pre-pay card, we learned, was only good for one use ... we learned this after multiple failed attempts to log on! Anyway... Where to begin? April 18 was our day of driving the highways and byways of Sao Miguel. Tim joked that the island's roads seem like a rally course. By the end of the day yesterday, that was no longer a jest! The good news is that our ...

... we saw the water boiling from the ground of this volcanic island. See the photo of Katie at the caldeira to get an idea of just how awful sulfur smells! And then, with the sky seeming to clear just for us, we were able to see Lagoa do Fogo in all its glory, and panoramic views of this beautiful island, its cities, farms and hillsides, and the Atlantic Ocean surrounding it. We even had to stop a couple of times to allow the cows and the cow-herding dogs to ...