Holiday Recap 2016

Bergen, Norway

Ljubliana, Slovenia

Zagreb, Croatia

Cologne, Germany

Ponte Delgada, The Azores

Porto, Portugal

Isle of Mull, Scotland

Luxembourg City

Wishing you all a fantastic 2017, full of happiness, good health and fun!

Photo of the Week -

This week the photo is from Ponte Delgada, the Azores, this beautiful flower I spotted on the island. I have no idea what is the name of the flower, maybe one of you guys can let me know!

This weekend I hope to catch up on some movies at the cinema and hope my cough will be gone by then.

Like many people the world over I was really upset about the US elections and am still horrified that Donald J Trump will be the US president in January. Here are some links:

Protests in America about the result!

There are lots of topics to worry about but climate change is one of the bigs ones as far as I am concerned!

Fiji PM says visit Fiji and see!

Ponte Delgada - The Azores

Our summer holiday this year was in 2 parts, first Alessio and I went to The Azores with my father and then secondly we had 4 days in Porto.

We spent one week on the main and biggest island of The Azores called Sao Miquel, the main town and capital being Ponte Delgada.

The Azores are an autonomous region of Portugal, the other being Maderia. An archipelago of 9 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic, they lie roughly 1,360km west of mainland Portugal.

I have wanted to visit the Azores for a long time and am really glad to have seen at least one of the islands. If we had had more time it would really have been great to visit a few of the other islands.

We had a great time and did 2 tours of the island which I will post about another time. Ponte Delgada is a pretty town, with the usual things to see and do. Lots of churches, museums, interesting buildings, parks and gardens.

We also did a whale watching trip and saw a couple of sperm whales, which was amazing to see. One of the main reasons I liked the Azores is that it doesn`t get really hot in the summer months. As I can`t stand it when it gets really hot!

We discovered that the Azores grow their own pineapples and they are really delicious, and would recommend trying to try one if possible. The white wine from here was also lovely as was the food!

You can`t fly direct to the islands but stopping off at one of the main Portuguese cities is a good way of breaking up the journey. I definitely recommend a trip here!

Streetart in Ponte Deglada, Azores

During the school summer holidays Alessio and I went to The Azores and we met my dad there too. One of the many interesting things about the capital town Ponte Delgada was the street art. It was all over the town, this is just some of the photos I took. Some of the street art was part of a walk and talk art festival from 2015.

We had a map which showed where the street art was located and Alessio had great fun trying to find the right streets. There was so much street art we had to really check which pieces belonged to the festival.

I liked the last one of the whale, which is quite fitting as here was the first and only time I have actually seen a whale.

I am glad it is the weekend, after a trying week at work, this weekend will be a quite affair!

Happy weekend folks!