Refer to
Azores Journal
entry 1........nothing has changed...
Refer to
Azores Journal
entry 1 – nothing has changed and there is no
Christmas STRESS, there are NO mall-shootings or any
others, the world keeps turning at a slower, more
pleasant pace and now it is time to seriously start
with the actual writing of the book on life in the
Acores. It will be done in collaboration with my
spouse and with the valuable addition of his
photography.
Do not expect a boring
travel-log but a book about life as it is during
this period in time in the
Azores
describing the physical beauty, customs, lives of
the Azorean people and a good dose of humor.
Having taken a trip to mainland
Portugal, Lisboa, Porto and Coimbra to be specific,
I must confess that on the first day in Lisboa I was
homesick for the Acores. Life was too hectic plus
there were too many people who seemed less friendly
and helpful than the Azoreans. To my great
amazement, few Portuguese we met had actually been
here on the islands. So far the Acores have been
sort of looked down upon as the “poor cousin” which
could not be further from the truth, given the large
sums of money pouring in from the EU for
infrastructure and building as well as renovating
purposes. Actually it is like living in a different
country altogether. If the reader is interested,
click on my husband’s poster and view some of the
photography taken during our trip, it will be worth
your while.
The weather was glorious but
too dry as they had not seen a drop of rain in
nearly 3 months, while in the Azores right now we
have again reached the unpredictable but delightful
off-season (harvest-time) with nighttime
temperatures in the high 50s or low 60s while during
the day we have entered what I refer to “onion
clothing phase.” By noon the temperatures usually
rise into the mid to high 70s – here it is the
middle of December and we are shedding layers, there
is no need to heat……………. The house has been staying
at a comfortable 70 degrees.
The profusion of flowers again
is growing more varied by the day, Camellias and
Azaleas are beginning to come into their own as well
as many others. But THE best and most spectacular
this year are the Poinsettias. Sitting on our upper
terrace the other day I looked up in the late
afternoon sunshine from below into a truthfully huge
bush of Poinsettia blossoms about a foot across with
a cerulean sky as backdrop and the warm sun
illuminating every leaf rendering it the deepest red
you can imagine. It was magical. Such is pre-Natal
on the Azores. The lights are adorning the streets
en masse but yet again –there is NO Christmas
frenzy. We love it.
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS
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