Strangely, there seems to be no fresh milk on Azores. There are only yogurts in the refrigerators, and all the milk is UHT.
Some even suggest asking a neighbour.
Today we are doing the Ribeira do Faial da Terra hike.
We start our hike from a village called Rebentao.
First we climb on a hill with some cows. The views are beautiful. It’s hot, but bearably so.
Then we need to pass a long tunnel to get to the forest. I’m not tall, but I still manage to hit my head on the ceiling, although I was already bent.
In the forest it’s much cooler, with some micro-rain. We reach the waterfall and eat some “bolo de arroz” there.
On the way back we stumbled upon a hedgehog. It was strange to see it during the day, but it didn’t seem to be injured, so we decided not to traumatize it by picking it up.
We go back through the village. Sometimes going down can be as hard as going up. A girl about twelve points in the direction of the parking even before we ask her anything. Probably she see tourists like us every day doing the same hike.
We also spot a gorgeous local cat:
We have dinner in Otaka. Before us there’s a pair that came up a day early for their reservation. Can happen to anybody, I guess.
The dinner is absolutely fantastic.
In the evening we met an uninvited guest:
Although considering the fact this is a house centipede, maybe we’re the uninvited guests there.