Two Days Of Tourism

We spent two days doing the tourist thing by hiring a car, first here on Faial and then on Pico. Of course the weather did not cooperate and we had low clouds and some heavy rain. Mind you that is nothing to what it is like now!

Here are a selection of pictures for your viewing pleasure as they used to say on television.

First, we visited the volcanic area at the western extremity of the island. We had seen this from seaward as we approached Faial but it was intriguing to see it close to. They have built quite a good visitor center under the disused lighthouse which explains the history of the earth, volcanoes generally and Faial specifically. The weather was very cloudy to downright foggy but it made it very atmospheric.

We then drove round the island. The cloud was too low to visit the caldeira in the middle of the island unfortunately.

The hydrngeas are truly amazing on this island and they have their own unique variety.

Proof we hired a car and a plague dedicated to the first Portuguese to sail solo round the world:

Audrey and my Mother

Next up was Pico! The weather was even patchier except when we were in familiar bits from our stay in Lajes so here are fewer ones here.