During our last few days in the Azores, we went back to\nPonta Delgada. We explored more natural pools and other high points of the\nisland that we didn\u2019t already see in the first couple of days that we were\nthere. We also were able to see the end parts of the festival and the dried\nflowers that were covering the streets still. We were also able to see the\nparade of old police cars, taxis, fire trucks and motorcycles. I especially\nloved the motorcycles because I grew up on motorcycles. My dad owned a Harley\nDavidson and I was so surprised and excited to see Harleys in the Azores. We\nalso heard some woman singing in Portuguese, which was really beautiful to hear\nas well. When we heard that there was a sacrifice and offers of small domestic\nanimals we originally thought that they were going to kill the animals. I\ndidn\u2019t want to watch that but it ended up being an auction of the animals\ninstead. I was relieved. On our free day I was able to grab some souvenirs for\nmy friends and family that I thought would be interesting and different to take\nhome to them. The day before we left, we were able to go back to the University\nof Azores and get some insight from Andre Laranjinha about the photos we took throughout\nour trip. We also got to see a film that he made about making wine. I thought\nthat it was nice to get feed back on our work but also be able to see his work\nas well. I do wish that we were able to have this visit in the beginning of our\ntrip so we could have his advice before we left. We were also able to check out\na ceramic manufacturing place where we saw women making pottery by hand. It was\npretty fascinating seeing the different types of clay that is used in the\nmaking of the pottery created. The morning before we left, a couple of friends\nand I took a walk along the water and just sat, relaxed and took in the last\nbit of the Azores that we could. We reflected on our experience and what we\ntook away from the trip. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I will forever remember this trip and all of the amazing\npeople that were on it. I want to thank them all for the memories that will\nnever be forgotten! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
During our last few days in the Azores, we went back to Ponta Delgada. We explored more natural pools and other high points of the island that we didn\u2019t already see in the first couple of days that we were … Continue reading