Folklore Dancing & Music

We had a treat on July 5th as we were invited to the rehearsal of a local folklore group that were practicing for a competition as well as the Festival of Emigrants that will be held next weekend here in Lajes.

Flores - An Island of Flowers and Beauty

July 6th 2012
The island of Flores is the fourth smallest island of the Azores archipelago and has only about four thousand inhabitants, making it the second least populated. We feel very fortunate to have made our first landfall in Europe on this island. Traditionally the island of Faial, city of Horta is where most sailors make their European landfall. However last year a new marina was opened on Flores which ... read more

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more

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