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What Lovely Gifts

Gifts from Teresa – we met her at the Folklore practice session and she was very welcoming. We walk by her house daily on the way to town and one day she gave us fresh lettuce from her garden as well as this beautiful lily. Another day she generously gave us potatoes which we have been enjoying. She is the one that convinced us to stay for the Festival this weekend.
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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Portuguese Flag 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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