Not much to report, because we had another luxury travel
day, getting in and out of our comfortable mini-bus to look at yet another
fabulous view of this verdant island. We also made a nice stop for coffee and
cake at 11, and had another delicious and abundant lunch around 2 pm.
One thing we did that was different, was to visit the house
that Elmano and Albertina Costa (who are part of our touring group) maintain
here in Terceira . It is the house that his
maternal grandparents built, and that they gutted and remodeled 10 years ago to
keep as a vacation house. The remodel took them 5 years, but it is now a
tastefully decorated house that blends old architecture with gleaming wood and
all modern comforts. The floor of the garage is now a terrace from which you
get a stunning view of the ocean. The concept of having a vacation house like
this is certainly an appealing one.
For the evening we got together one more time for cocktails
and “a light supper”, which ended being yet another very late night with way
too much food. It was a congenial celebration, however, as we all wanted to
thank our Azorean friends Elmano, Albertina, and Isabel Cabral for having lent
us their tongues and their eyes so we could see deeply inside the Azorean land
and its people. The islands are quite literally jewels in the middle of the Atlantic , and we are all glad we got to know them.
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