A Great Greeting From Hans

Hans and Marianne are a Swiss couple that have lived 3 months a year in Horta for 23 years. Hans is a regular visitor to the marina and is very welcoming to cruisers and especially watches out for any that come from Switzerland.

An Additional Week in Flores - July 6 - July 15th

July 19th 2012
We find the days go by so quickly and it is now the weekend of the Festival of Emigrants. We had great plans of going to Santa Cruz by bus, doing a few more hikes and getting lots done on the boat with this extra week (Janice’s plan). We did do one more hike which was spectacular, we met some new people that have arrived in the marina (lots of socializing), worked some on the boat (you already h ... 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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