May 5, 2023
At 7 AM this morning we arrived in Praia Di Victoria on the Island of Teceira in the Azores. We had an early breakfast and got on the bus by 7:30 this morning for a trip over the Island. Our first stop was on a hillside just outside the City, a good site for some pictures. Our next stop was San Sebastian, a small town where we visited a church from 1528, from there on we went on to a mountain on a peninsula called Monte Brasil. On top of this mountain we had a fantastic view of the City of Angra De Heroismo. There was a fort build all around the base of the mountain with Portuguese army barracks near the top of the mountain. At the very top there were several old machine guns from my guess is the second world war. After spending nearly half an hour here, we boarded the bus to the City of Angra D H. Here we were given an hour to roam around. We took this opportunity to visit a coffee shop. After Coffee we had about 20 min left to walk around. By 11 we boarded the bus on our way to the center of the Island. The country side is very pretty with it’s green pastures filled with cows. All the farm fields are separated by stone fences. These are volcanic rocks picked from the fields before they were sown into grass or Crops. From the middle of the Island we were able to see the runways from the US Airbase based on the opposite coastline. Our last stop was on the second highest mountain on the Island. There were several windmills situated there to supply power for the Island. Boy, was it ever windy on top you really had to hang on to your camera. The views were spectacular. After this last stop we set of down the mountain towards the ship for lunch.
Well this was our last port of call of the trip, all that is remaining are 6 seaday’s before we arrive back in Fort Lauderdale.
Cheers
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