A Whole New World: Pure Entertainment.

There never seems to be a dull moment here (unless you count the hours we spent working on a puzzle yesterday evening), there is always something of intrigue. Last weekend, we were privileged enough to see a several thousand pound sperm whale made of pure chocolate at the First International Festival of Chocolate in the Azores. This was made complete with multiple spotlights, as well, as whale noises in the background. It was as if we were in the ocean.

This weekend, on our routine morning route to the Organic Market, our five minute drive turned into almost twenty when we got stuck behind a herd of cows moving pastures. Now I do not have any pictures to document this event, so you will have to use your very best imagination skills. Imagine, a countless amount of cows moving at less than 1mph, stopping to smell each and every grass blade. In the midst of this, cars are coming every which way at you, neglecting all traffic signs, laws and direction, and you cannot forget our precious son we have in our backseat terrified of the large black and white images passing him. So as we continue on our merry way along a very slanted hill, which has more blindspots in it then you can count, we finally see the open road.

The fun was not yet over for the day! :) That rare windless evening, we decided to walk the streets of Angra, and enjoy the music and Christmas lights on display.

Well the music only lasted about the first 10 minutes we were there, but soon came sirens blaring. The normal in these parts, is seeing ambulances or police cars with sirens going, but no noise, and no one bothers to move out of there way. Very bizzare. So hearing these noises got us curious, and to our delight it was Santa!! His first appearance for us here on the island. We felt almost as if we were back in the United States. Our reality soon came back, when we saw a "real" Christmas tree.