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Portugal: Sao Miguel: Day Five
Today we went to a pineapple plantation. They were growing precious pineapples. Pineapples used to be a sign of wealth, because they were tropical fruits and didn’t grow everywhere. After viewing the pineapple plants, we tried some of their fresh pineapple juice, it tasted so good. We also tried their pineapple pastry’s and pineapple upside down cake. It was so delicious. After we went there, we went to a park. The park was so cool. Do you want to know why? Because it was full of hundreds of bunny’s. Probably at least one bunny per 3 yards, definitely more though! They were so cute and fuzzy. And one let us…
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Portugal: Sao Miguel: Day Four
Today we didn’t do much. But even though we did go on a hike through the forest. 🌳 mountains, woods, plants, trees. That’s what we see. It lead up to a waterfall, very breezy and very cool. We continued up the trail, when, suddenly, the sky turned dark. Everybody gave each other a look that said: it’s-about-to-storm-and-we-need-to-leave. So, causally, we walked down. BOOM 💥. Was that thunder? 🤷 run. Running down the steep path almost slipping off into the abyss of your last breath. The trees were having mercy on us, that’s for sure, as not much rain was coming down onto our heads, as, the trees were providing shade.…
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Portugal: Sao Miguel: Day Three
Today for breakfast I had eggs produced freshly from our chickens in the back yard with toast. Also had locally made yogurt and muesli which is kind of like granola, you can put it in yogurt or in a bowl of milk and eat it like cereal. Then we went to a tea plantation and we learned about how tea was made and how the top of the leaves are more bitter and the lower leaves taste more lighter. Then after the presentation we went into the tea room, where we tried their fresh locally made tea. After that we went to get some food, we decided to go to…
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Portugal: Sao Miguel: Day Two
Today we woke up, got ready, and drove our little car on over to our second Airbnb in Sao Miguel. When we got there, we parked, and checked in. When we walked inside, we noticed something, Some food. Our hosts left us some food to eat. They left a charcuterie board of different cheeses, and meats. 🥩 they also left some jam and honey to spread on crackers. And besides that, they left: Coffee, milk, eggs, cookies, bread, cakes, pears, chocolate milks, tea, muesli, yogurt, tuna, apple juice, water, and some other drinks. They also left some games to play. We ate some food and went over to a hot…
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Portugal: Sao Miguel: Day One
Today we landed on the island of Sao Miguel, an island off of Portugal. First, from Spain, we took a flight over to Porto, Portugal. From there, we had a connection flight taking us to the island of Sao Miguel, in the azores. We rented our car 🚘 and drove over to our Airbnb. We settled into this place and ordered some pizza. 🍕We stayed at this place for one night. It was a long day, we traveled all day long. check out more posts! Bye 👋










