One of the things I love about travel is the day-to-day way I touch on a place’s history and culture, even if I’m not in the mood for a museum day. It always leaves me wanting to know more, in case the light touch I’ve experienced is incorrect, or not the whole story.
During our week in the Azores, we took two all-day tours out to the eastern side of San Miguel Island. They were with two different companies, but had some overlap, so I will run them both together in this section. Just in case you think we did all these things in one day. We’re not that heroic.
Hi all! We went to the Azores for a week at the beginning of December!
Marty and I have been going together to doctor’s appointments for a while now. It’s something couples often do as you get older, both for moral support, and so that one of you can help the other remember instructions, dates, and follow-ups. And in Portugal, there’s the added dimension of language. Even though we try…
In getting my health care organized in this new place, it turned out I was overdue for a mammogram. Given my family history, my new doctor decided this was a priority, so within a week I had an appointment to get squished. (This was back in October.)