7/13/24 Angra Garden and Algar do Carvao

Just outside our room windows was the stunning Azores Angra Garden, a stunning combination of a French garden at the entrance transcending gradually to more of an English garden at its peak, where the D. Pedro IV Memorial could be found.

How can you miss seeing the pink gazebo?

And what is that yellow structure in the pond?

You can see this sculpture is a tangle of hooves and horns 

if you look at it closely.

This mystery was unraveled when Catia explained what sounded like cannons firing daily (once when the bulls were running the streets and once when it was safe to go out). 

Despite my ignorance, I was grateful to live another day.

"Arvore Da Vida"

by de Paulo H. Mendonica

2024

Views from the English garden and pool as we near the peak.

The D. Pedro IV Memorial 

The Algar do Carvão Cave, an ancient lava vent located in the

the central part of the island associated with the Guilherme 

Moniz volcano is connected to the Santa Barbara volcano 

complex, has been known for centuries but unexplored 

until 1893 due to its depth (approximately 300 feet) and lack 

 of ambient light.

It was opened to the public in the late 20th century and has been 

updating the above-normal seismic activity for several months. 

(In other words, enter at your own risk.)

I survived the cave.

(Photo courtesy of Catia.)

In 2019, there were 125,000 cows in the Azores and 242,846 people. Rush-hour traffic impedes city traffic, and cows are known to do the same in rural areas when moving from one grazing area to the next. Right now, we are stuck behind these dairy cows.

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