Today was a bittersweet last day of our trip. We started out by heading to the market, which is supposed to open at 7:30 – when we got there at 9:30, only a few stalls were opened. We have absolutely no idea about the timing of these islands. We can’t figure out what time people… Read more

We started our day off right – with delicious fresh squeezed orange juice at Louvre Michaelense, a very hip restaurant. We also had toast – one with avocado and a poached egg (#millenials), and one with peanut butter, banana, and honey.

As if our day wasn’t busy enough, we decided to visit Arruda Pineapple Farm. We saw greenhouses full of different stages of pineapple growth. It takes 2 years to grow a pineapple, and 2 minutes to eat one. They smoke the greenhouse for 9 days during one of the stages to stress out the plants… Read more

I’m sure everyone knows this by now – we like to eat. So we obviously signed up for a food tour of Ponta Delgada, with a company called Hungry Whales. We went this morning and not only got to taste a whole bunch of yummy things, we learned a lot about what we were eating,… Read more

We flew from Sao Jorge to Horta last night, and checked into our “hotel”, which is a lovely little loft apartment in Ponta Delgada. Of course we were very hungry by that point (big surprise), so we tried to go to a restaurant we’d heard about called A Tasca. It’s built in an old jail… Read more