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!