• Portugal

    Random Christmas eve dinner

    Random dinner In the last blog we said that we would fly to Flores and this will happen at the 29th of December. In the meanwhile we strolled around in Ponta Delgada, having a great time. It’s been Christmas already and we had a very fun Christmas eve dinner. We went to Boca del Cena and expected a small but normal restaurant. On the internet we saw that is was runned by one man that does everything. When we made a reservation we heard that there was only lamb, codfish, octopus and turkey, which suites us fine. As we were waiting for the door to open, met three more people…

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    Vila do Franca and maybe bye Sao Miguel

    Vila do Franca After Furnas we biked to the city Vila do Franca, because we wanted to go do some whale watching. Sadly because of the weather it was canceled and we walked to a church instead. As you do. This church itself was nice, but the view was even better. We stayed here for more than a hour, just to watch. Ponta Delgada We arrived back in de main city of Sao Miguel, Ponta Delgada. Our idea is to celebrate Christmas here, then fly over to Flores at the 27th of December and celebrate New Year there. The flight to Flores was canceled because of the wind. We had…

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    Goodbye Ribiera Grande and hello Ville da Nordeste

    Biking 50 kilometers When we left Ribiera Grande, we were prepared for a bike ride of 33 kilometers. Ofcourse, you are already guessing it, it turned out to be something very different. The first bike ride to Sete Cidades was the hardest one till now and we did ok. So we started the next ride with a lot of faith. When we wanted to ride over the main road, we noticed some signs saying that we could not go there (thank you Google maps). This went on for a few times and 33 kilometers turned into 50. At our last break it started to go dark and we were still…