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Tag Archives: Azores
Why can’t all airports be like this? Sigh.
It was the perfect airport moment, short of having the Beach Boys singing God Only Knows while greeting your peeps like they did in Love Actually. (Yeah, I like a shot of sickeningly sweet every now and then. And I’m … Continue reading
A not-so-little scrape with our European rental car
OK, now that I’m back from the Azores, it can be told: Instead of enjoying myself, this is how I spent part of my precious last day there. At a Mazda body shop. You shouldn’t know from it. I never … Continue reading
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
Posted in Europe, Let's Paws: I break for critters
Tagged Angra do Heroísmo, animal rights, Are you game?, Azores, bullfighting, Portugal, Touro Lindo, travel
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Azores, Portugal: Pot roast I wish grandma could have made
Yep, back to my Nanny Brown because she’s a main ingredient in any Jewish food story. Don’t get me wrong. Her brisket was the best meat I’d tasted. Until a few days ago. That’s when we took a drive to … Continue reading
Posted in Eats, Europe
Tagged Alcatra, Azores, food, Jewish gradmothers, New Year's Eve, Portugal, pot roast, recipes, Terceira, travel
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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
Azores, Portugal: Me, cavewoman
Today got off to a serene start as I prepared to be at one with nature in the Azores. Making like a tree, as in the yoga position. Ready to explore Algar do Carvao, a cave that’s basically a volcanic … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Health & Wellness
Tagged Algar do Carvao, Azores, caves, Dustin Hoffman, hiking, Portugal, Praia da Vitoria, Rain Man, Terceira, travel, tree pose, yoga
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Azores, Portugal: Unlike any place I’ve ever seen
First impression of the Azores: Hawaii … With some British Isles … Pacific Northwest, Alaska and southern California thrown in. Our balcony view at Hotel do Caracol on the Azorean island of Terceira. I kid you not. And not a bad price, either, in … Continue reading
Posted in Europe
Tagged Alaska, Azores, Hawaii, Hotel do Caracol, Pacific Northwest, Portugal, Southern California, Terceira, travel
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