Chillin’ on Pico

Tried to sleep in a little bit and then had coffee on the balcony for a while. 

We then meandered into town and tried to find the things that we couldn’t find last night. We ended up at a restaurant at the pier for a buffet lunch and local wine. We figured out that we mostly like to travel so that we can eat lots of different things and try different wines/beers. Today we had a bottle of dry white wine that is produced on the island. Pico is known for its wine production.





We then headed back home and stopped at a supermarket to get what we need for the next few days … chicken, beef, butter, potatoes, onions, a few other odds and ends, and wine. 

On our way through town we passed by the public library … we stopped in to take a look around. 





Made it back home by 4pm. Enjoyed the view and read/tic-tok’d for a while. Then we made a quiche and boiled potatoes for tonight and tomorrow. Kristi took a bubble bath. Oh, and we did some laundry. 








At 9:00pm Kristi realized that Mt. Pico is fully visible tonight. It’s been too cloudy to see it well today. 



After two weeks we’re having fun with Portuguese.  It’s not like we can converse, but it’s amazing how just using some basic words and phrases help break the ice and sometimes elicits some more attentive service. The people are super nice but we’re sure they get tired of tourists. 

Everyone knows we speak English usually before we open our mouths. Those who speak English don’t even start in Portuguese.  When they do this, Jim’s favorite thing to say is, “Eu não falo inglês.”  Which means “I don’t speak English” and usually causes a moment of confusion until he says, “Just kidding, your English is great.”

This is a pretty sleepy little town. If one wanted more amenities there are a few other towns to be in … or across the water to the west is a bigger town on Faial.  This is perfect for us after the amount sightseeing we’ve done. If we could get a deal on plane fare again, we think we could spend a month here again someday just doing very little.  It’s interesting that the prices of things are very comparable to continental Europe/the US. Jim read somewhere that the reason is these islands are much more self sustaining than, say Hawaii, for example. We think it wouldn’t be the same if big resorts we built here. We wonder if the lack of beaches has kept that kind of development at bay. 

A light dinner after a very lazy day …




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