Looking Toward the Harbor

An overview of the harbor, Mount Brasil and the town of Angra do Heroismo.

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Terceira - The 3rd Largest Island in the Azores (August 7 - 23, 2012)

August 28th 2012
We had an enjoyable sail, however rainy in the beginning, from Sao Jorge to Terceira in the company of two other boats (Takari and Caitlin of Argyll) that we have gotten to know while in the Azores. This gave us yet another opportunity to have some photo sessions while sailing. The island of Terceira (which means third in Portuguese) was the third Azorean island to be discovered and is the t ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Azores » Terceira

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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