Well, here we are in Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel. Went out for the first time in the daylight after a super breakfast: huge fruit bowl, four kinds of crusty bread, sausages, yogurt, cheeses. Amazing cup of tea. they raise lots of tea here. :) All through this trip each hotel has provided a scumptuous breakfast. I thought "Continental Breakfast was borrowed from here). Most of the streets are one lane with no indication of which direction you are supposed to go. Happy for everybody I will not be driving anywhere ever.Noone has any compunction about driving on the sidewalks; no pedestrian seems to take notice. Do not want to get into a habit I can't break.

The streets are paved with dark grey bricks laid in ornamental patterns. The sidewalks are mosaics of black and white stones, no bigger than 3 by 4 inches each. Each street seems to have its own particular patterns. Red tile and grey slate roofs, wrought iron balconies. People bustle everywhere, grannies, mothers with babies, everone very friendly and helpful, delighted when I try to speak Portuguese. I guess in Sao Miguel there was a very large number of Dutch seamen who jumped ship and stayed here. People on the mainland say the Acores people speak their own language, but here it is done with a heavy Dutch accent. So much for Rosetta stone. It would be like a Chinese person who learned Oxford English ending up in the Ozarks with Lem and Cletus. Back to square one.

In a couple of hours they will come for me to go to the horse farm. I am so hoping I will be able to afford to stay around here. Had a ray of sunlight this morning: went to a local market and bought apples, a bag of peanuts, tooth paste, shampoo and conditioner(big bottles) and a small bottle of olive oil all for about $7 US(using Euro's). Keeping my fingers crossed. Walked down to the harbor. Huge ships in a curved bay, mountains rising out of the water on the far side. Love to all of you. Thanks for coming with me. Write when you can. My Facebook got demolished in China, I will need help getting it back. Love from the Acores ( Ah- SO-res).