2. Seeing las Caldeiras (cahl-day-rash) das Furnas (Fur-nahsh), the hot springs where people were actually cooking a local specialty of meat and vegetables by lowering a pot into the spring.
3. Sitting and drawing at la Igreja de Mae de Deus. This is one of the local churches, which honestly looks just like all the others, but it has a lovely situation right on top of a hill with a view of all of Ponta Delgada.
4. Finally visiting the Vista do Rei—the best view over Sete Cidades (Set See-da-desh), where you can see the entire crater with the two lakes nestled inside.
5. The view of los Ilhaos dos Mosteiros ( eel-house dos moes-tay-rosh). From the road you can see cows grazing right in front of oddly shaped rocks jutting out of the ocean.
6. Driving up Pico do Bartolomeu to view the tallest peak on the island—that of Pico da Vara. It took nearly 2 hours on a tiny dirt road, but we finally made it to the top, only to have a cloudy view! We had driven right up into a cloud!
7. Sitting alone on a bus on my way to one of the coastal towns, listening to old music, when the classic All By Myself comes on... how ironic.
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