The Azores
I thought I had written all there was to say about our cruise, but then Hans downloaded the rest of our photos and lo and behold, the fog cleared from my mind. How could I forget the Azores?
This archipelago of 8 jewel green islands lies quite some distance off Portugal. Sao Miguel is the island we visited and we took a tour to the crater lakes. One lake is bright blue and the other a brilliant green, though over time their colours have unfortunately faded.
The legend is that a blue eyed princess fell in love with a green eyed shepherd, but she was promised to a neighbouring island prince. In their despair at not being able to marry the lovers wept copious tears. Hers became the blue lake, and his the green.
In reality, the lakes are separated by a natural wall that for years kept the two lakes separate. Now that they are a uniform silvery gray, perhaps the lovers finally found a way to be together.
In town, we came across this fabulous poinsettia tree.
This archipelago of 8 jewel green islands lies quite some distance off Portugal. Sao Miguel is the island we visited and we took a tour to the crater lakes. One lake is bright blue and the other a brilliant green, though over time their colours have unfortunately faded.
The legend is that a blue eyed princess fell in love with a green eyed shepherd, but she was promised to a neighbouring island prince. In their despair at not being able to marry the lovers wept copious tears. Hers became the blue lake, and his the green.
In reality, the lakes are separated by a natural wall that for years kept the two lakes separate. Now that they are a uniform silvery gray, perhaps the lovers finally found a way to be together.
In town, we came across this fabulous poinsettia tree.
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