Wow can't believe it is November 1st already. Happy All Saints Day. Here in the Azores it is a national holiday. Since most of the stores and museums are closed today we saved our hike to Monte Brasil for today. After breakfast we got directions from the hotel staff on how to get to Monte Brasil. It is about 20 minutes away walking. We had been there on our first day when we took the full day tour but it was raining then. They also said that there is a nice trail around the crater that takes about 2 1/2 to 3 hours to walk. I have to say that much of it was uphill and some of the trails weren't for the faint of heart. We saw many wonderful vistas though and had a much better view than on our first trip. From the time we left the hotel until the time got out of the park and headed downtown we were gone almost 4 hours. After our long walk we rewarded ourselves by going to one of the historic pastry shops in Angra that was founded in 1917. The tea and pastry really hit the spot. We went back to the hotel to rest our weary bones before we headed back to Angra for our 7:30 reservation at Adega Lusitania. It is just a 10 minute walk from our hotel. We had delicious steak dinners - they told us there were 2 cows for every person on the island so we figured the steaks would be good - and more good red wine and said our good-byes to Angra as we are leaving tomorrow. It was a wonderful experience though. We saw many sights, enjoyed learning about a new culture and area of the world that we were unfamiliar with and had some great time to relax - Another successful vacation. Stay tuned for our next adventures - in 2018 we'll be in Sacramento, Australia, the panhandle of Florida and on a Danube River Cruise.
Views on our walk to Monte Brasil
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| View of Monte Brasil from the hotel dining room |
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| Jewish cemetery |
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| Fortaleza de Sao Joao |
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| Always think of the grandchildren when I see a great playground! |
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| Heading into Monte Brasil |
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| View of Angra and the harbor |
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| An example of one of the endless stone fences found on Terceira Island |
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| A Royal Caribbean Cruise ship that pulled near but not into the harbor at Angra |
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| Of course you can't go anywhere that there's not a little chapel |
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| Better view of the cruise ship |
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| It seemed like it was all up hill! |
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| It did rain a little but we pulled out our Maid of the Mist rain gear! |
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| Strolling through the trees |
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| View of the crater |
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| Pico de Cruzinhas - monument at the top of Mount Brasil |
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| View of Sao Matheus |
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| View of our hotel - Terceira Mar - from Monte Brasil |
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| Don't know if you can see the rainbow - We saw several today! |
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| Not many wild animals on Terceira Island - we didn't see any deer but saw these roosters |
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| Leaving Monte Brasil - I made it! |
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| Viewing the other Goat Island |
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| My reward for all our walking |
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| Great historic pastry shop |
Dinner at Adega Lusitania
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| While very traditional you do have the TV with the soccer game on |
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| House steak with an egg? |
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| Steak with cream and mushrooms |
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| Even in the Azores Ron has a coupon! |
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| Every restaurant needs its own bull! |
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