A Tour of the Island ~ Monday, November 14, 2016
November 14, 2016 Today we went on a full day bus tour of the eastern part of the Island. There was a full bus load of folks from the three major hotels offered by the tour company who arranged this trip. Part of the fun of the trip was getting to know some of the people. We ended up sitting at a table at lunch with three couples from Portsmouth, NH. John and Jen seem to be a fairly wealthy couple (she told me that they do a week or two trip every three months), Jim and Sherry used to live across the street from John and Jen and became good friends at that point, and Nate and Sharon. They all are about 10 years younger than we are, but were a lot of fun to hang with. Our first stop was Monte Brasil. Monte Brasil is the remnant of a volcano (and peninsula ) connecting the south coast of Terceira . It is flanked by two bays: the Bay of Angra (named for the city) to the east, and the Bay of Fanal to...