A day at one of the few European tea plantations

 Today we visit one of the few European tea plantations.

 Here we were able to directly support the production.

 Here you can see a big screen  

 Well Paul, the packers probably make tea break

 

 

 This old  tea dring oven is already no longer in use

 But it is a beautifull one.

 We also had the opportunity to taste some tea

 Hans, there still lacks some sugar

Yes, but please stir well...

 The tea fields in the Azores are not very large, but unique for this!

We visit the Parque Terra Nostra

 

 Today we visit the Parque Terra Nostra.

 A beautifully maintained landscaped garden

 Here in the park, there are a lot of lush vegetation

Here we are at the hot springs of Furnas - Paul, that stinks of rotten eggs...

 In earlier times the islanders have cooked their food.

 Today is usually cooked only for tourists.

Hey Hans, there is enough building material to build a raft. With the raft we can sail home...

We arrived on the island of S�o Miguel

Our first destination was Caldeira Velha (in Englisch Steam boiler) This is a very cozy hot spring. Inside this hot spring we could forget the stress of traveling and relax a bit.

It made us very great fun to climb up to the overgrown stones. 

 Once at the top we jumped with joy in the warm wate.

 In the warm waters of the hot springs you can stand it for hour...

 

To get dry again we rested for a while on the rocks above the hot spring.