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May 11 – Land Ho!

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May 11th 2024
We finally reached the Azores Islands today and we were docked in Ponta Delgada when we woke up this morning. The Azores are actually composed of 9 islands, with this being the largest. They were all made by volcanos long ago, but none are active any longer – we hope. We went to the breakfast buffet and again someone helped Janet with her plate. They are beginning to spoil her and David is goin ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Azores

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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