O mar nunca mente. (The sea never lies)

Olá tudos!

So this is a quick update because I thought it would be nice to show some pictures of where I live. I first started doing this once I moved house 5 years ago because I was surprised how quick the interior was lost from my memory. So since then I have taken photos of where I have lived, from my student dorm in exeter, my two houses in exeter and my flat in seville. So here is the student accommodation block from azores.

I am too lazy to go outside and take a photo so these photos are from the web. The bottom photo is where I live. (the windows are bordered up for some reason, all which is bordered up should be glass).

My view from my room. To left are tea plantations, to the right is the village/port and infront are some ugly buildings, BUT infront of them is the seaaa! 

All of this for €150 eur a month (everything included) which makes my university of exeter dorm seem sooo expensive when it was the cheapest option, and don't even mention to me exeter's house prices for students. So I like my room and in general the place but especially being able to lie in bed and turn my head in the morning poke my head out the curtains and look at the sea, for to make a good estimation of that days weather you only need to look at the sea for the sea never lies. 

Also on a side note I can't remember if I mentioned I went to a large water fight in town. Here are some photos.  

Trucks full of men would come along and war began. However we also had water fights within ourselves as it was just as much fun. In our group 3 people broke their glasses/sunglasses but was a fun sunny day! 

Finally, I feel a bit out of the loop from being from the UK for so long so its nice when I hear little updates like everyone enjoying the sunny weather this weekend, wish I was there with you guys! #PimsOclock. I also hear more news about my friends and feel like everyone is turning into adult adults too fast. Miss everyone!

That's all for now folks! Obrigado. 

Tom

Um galão para mim

Hey all!

Sorry I haven’t written, I've been busy here in the Azores and the internet here is really unreliable. So you’re probably been wondering hows island life? and has tom cheered up a bit since the last post?

Well island life is great and yes I'm feeling much better now and settled in. I like my room now I have made it mine with my wee little balcony looking out over the sea where I stay watching the boats big and small making their way into the port where I live.

So my classes started this week and I believe it will be a bit tougher than Seville but since my stressful days at Exeter I never let studying get in the way living. We (my Seville classmates and new friends) have been on 2 excursions here. Both to extinct volcano craters which have now been filled with water to make spectacular lakes.

The lake/crater taken from the internet.

And what it the looks like in real life. ahha 

The one thing that really surprised me here is the weather. I didn't know if it was hyperbole or not but everyone and the internet told me to expect rain. So far it has rained maybe 30% of the time which is a lot I suppose, and when it rains, it RAINS, but when it doesn't oh my is it gloriously sunny and warm. I don’t think anyone can tire of siting in a cafeteria for hours having a coffee in the sun be it a Galão (some Portuguese frofy coffee with milk) or a pingo (a shot of coffee with milk), I particularly like the latter when I want to pretend to be Portuguese. *raises sunglasses*  “Minha amiga quer um café com leite e um Galão para mim, por favor”

Um Galão

um pingo (or Café pingado) I'm not sure if this photo expresses the small size.

Olá !

I remember first taking coffee frequently when trying to stay awake doing dissertations gritting teeth with the horrid taste of Nescafé. How times have changed, where, since Seville I enjoy having a coffee anywhere and at any time. At home I enjoy tea still and there is Azorean tea but it is nothing special.

Enough about hot beverages! This blog is just to say that I'm happy to be in such a beautiful set of islands and am not missing Seville (Ok, that’s a lie :p).

Até logo!