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mfurfur: We flew from JFK in NY to San Miguel Island in the Azores. We spent 3 days in San Miguel then flew to Terceira, where we stayed for 3 days. Then we flew to Faial for 3 days; one of those days we took a ferry to Pico and then returned to Faial.
mfurfur: San Miguel
mfurfur: the former Jesuit church and monastery in Ponta delgada was established in the late 1500s.
mfurfur: elaborate cedar carvings around the altar
mfurfur: sidewalk are made from white Portugese limestone and local black basalt from the volcanoes.
mfurfur: one of the many city parks in Ponta delgada
mfurfur: A very old Australian "christmas tree" in the city square
mfurfur: a monument to the Emigrants who left São Miguel to go to the U.S., Canada, Brazil, and other places.
mfurfur: Ponta Delgada city gates
mfurfur: Carlos Machado Museum
mfurfur: small ivory carvings
mfurfur: Vista do Rei overlooking the 3-mile wide Seven Cities Lagoon
mfurfur: overlooking the lakes fromm the rim of the caldera
mfurfur: movie aaround the caldera
mfurfur: an abandoned hotel on the edge of the caldera looking don on the 2 lakes
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mfurfur: religious festival in Sete Cidades
mfurfur: first statue I've ever seen with glasses.....
mfurfur: the village church