Sao Jorge is noted for tuna and cheese and hard work . Hard work is really emphasized by the museum artifact collection of many pre-electrical human tools and devices. Hard work is also exemplified by the cheese production. So much of the work involved with the cheese production here is purely human effort. waxing, turning… Read more

We had a marvelous, tasty, tuna, potato salad for lunch. It has been a very warm, beautiful day for walking and for seeing many interesting sites. Blue is for plastic and metal. Green is for glass. Yellow collects paper. Grey all other. Up or down with not much on the level. Read more

The transportation of our bodies from Boston to Sao Jorge in the Azores was tiring but uneventful. The host and owner of Marficas Hostel, Tania Acevedo was most pleasant and helpful. The hostel is itself beautiful, clean well equipped and has a stunning view of pico Mountain. Seeing Mount pico Summit above the cloud bank… Read more