Sao Miguel - Welcome to Azores

By Gloria Stefan -

        In our first day on Sao Miguel island, we were not able to do much, but we did not waste any time. We arrived at noon, rent the car and went to the hotel. 

City center by night

        Jardim Botanico Antonio Borges

        We found a nice Botanical Garden which also had a pub where we ate two tasty salads and two portions of giant pancakes. 

Jardim Natural Food & Coffee

        Jardim Botanico Antonio Borges is free to entry and has beautiful species of huge trees. It's not big, but has beautiful paths to walk on and which introduced us to the Azorean environment. I didn't even arrive well and I was already overwhelmed at the sight of a duck mom and her toddlers. They just had a bath in the lake. The ducklings were clumsy and stumbling constantly, following their mommy. It was such a precious moment to witness. 

        Ponta Delgada center

        In the evening we took a walk along the Ponta Delgada's Port. We grabbed a local beverage called Kima and spent some time at Campo de Sao Francisco listening to live music. The square was crowded with people and lightenened by a bunch of lights. Also, on the other side of the square there is a chuch, named Santuario do Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres, covered all in lights. We were fascinated by its appearance and the way the lights came from inside the structure of the church walls.

Marina Ponta Delgada

        What else to say? We've been fascinated from the first day, from a perimeter of a few kilometers.

Location: Ponta Delgada, Portugal

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