At long last the nineties look of my old website has been refreshed in time for spring and a new book! The navigation is streamlined and we have an elegant colour scheme. It’s still a work in progress, so do feel free to give me feedback and thanks to Eddie Faria for the design and work.   Stay tuned for ...
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The island of Sao Jorge is a basically a ridge rising out of the ocean and looks like a long cigar. A line of volcanoes form the central hump of the island, which falls into the ocean with tall cliffs for most of its length. Sometimes, there are flat areas called Fajas, formed either due to lava flows or massive ...
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Getting ready to leave for the Azores seems to have turned into lunches at L’Espresso Bar Mercurio, my favorite haunt in downtown Toronto, where I am catching up with friends with links to the Azorean community in Toronto and learning about all the delights the islands have to offer me as a traveler, writer, and soaker-up of culture. Tara regaled ...
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