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Azores, Portugal: What a bunch of bull shirts

I don’t like bullfighting. That’s why I have no business eating anything with a face. Or sporting anything with leather. I try to stick to fish, and can’t go without chicken because I don’t have the vegetarian gene and always … Continue reading

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Azores, Portugal: A ‘truck stop’ for centuries

Ever heard of Angra do Heroismo? If you’d lived in the 15th century and hung out with the likes of Vasco da Gama and other explorers and seafarers who were, as it were, on the road a lot, you might … Continue reading

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