A Caldeira in its Natural Environment
Join me on my 4 month journey in my ancestral homeland
18 days ago I stepped off of my flight, ready to be overwhelmed. New people, new smells, new sounds, etc. Everything would be new. I got through customs, and stepped outside into my new life for the next 4 months. I had tunnel vision almost immediately. Hundreds of people waited around the exit, hoping to…
Yes, I hitchhiked! That is not something I imagined myself saying even 2 months ago (I mean, it’s usually frowned on in the US). But, I hitchhiked. Five different times to be exact. Why did I have the crazy idea to hitchhike on my trip to the Azores? Guidebooks and internet research presented the Azores…
“The true paradises are the paradises we have lost.” -Marcel Proust I found paradise this week! It just so happened that paradise coincided with a place some of my family once called home. When I tell people about my family background, and ask them if they’ve heard of the Azores, I am long used to…