Sao Jorge

All the islands in the Azores are different and maybe hard to compare. There are favorite towns, favorite islands and until we saw Flores this year for the first time, we thought maybe Sao Jorge is the most beautiful, when looking at the largely unspoiled green landscape.

Now it is hard to tell, further into the late summer, the lush green starts to show brownish tones, the Hortensia are fading, but still it offers breathtaking views.

Again we checked into the little marina at Velas and found one T-finger empty and waiting for us. Jose, the very friendly harbor master, was seemingly home for lunch, but dropped by later to give us a warm welcome back. And when I checked with the police (GNR), they just looked up from whatever they were discussing and asked: 'Welcome back, same crew as last year?" "OK, just let us know when you move on."

And so we rented a car again for a day, a must to see this island, and toured around the north coast with its picturesque Fajas, via the highland to the east end and back along the south coast.

Eventually we left for the island of Terceira, a course that leads along most of the south coast of Sao Jorge and is yet another fine sight seeing tour.