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| Lisbon at night |
Today I landed on Corvo. What a journey! It started with leaving Berlin at a quite comfortable hour. The flight to Lisbon was short and I thought a lot about what was expecting me. Lisbon is a beautiful city. I got on the bus and the first thing I noticed was ... it is so warm here. To save space in my suitcase I wore my boots. So the first thing I did after dropping off my luggage at the youth hostel (proudly I can say I managed to ask for directions in Portuguese) was to buy FlipFlops... at H & M. Convieniently enough the shopping centre here is open until 11 o'clock pm. I had a liitle "Brotzeit" overlooking the Expo area of Lisbon.
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| Airport on Faial |
The next day I took my first flight to the Azores. A beautiful experience. I had a layover in Faial, Horta for several hours. The small airport had a very charming appeal.
It was very interesting to wait for a flight with so few people, knowing that you will probably see them several over and over again.
Then the small plane arrived... 37 people can be seated inside. I was very surprised, that when I entered the plane many people were already sitting inside. How I learned during the following weeks our airbus really is a bus stopping on four Islands (São Miguel - Faial - Corvo - Flores and back). I got lucky and was able to see the amazing coastlines of several Islands.
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| My New Home |
Landing ob Corvo was spectacular. The small Island appeared in my window and we flew around to approach the landing strip from a south-west direction which ment flying over the beach and cliffs of the Corvo shore. Looking down into the water I was stunned by the blue and turquise water that is sio clear that it allows you to look as deep as 7meters into the sea.
Climbing out of the aircraft I took my first look onto the village of "Vila do Corvo" the sun was shining and I was very curious, excited and tired.
There were many many people on the airport and I didn't really know who to look for. I was beeing welcomed by my headmistress and my landlord who gave me a ride through town ;o) and took me to my new home which I am enjoying a lot. During the weeks to come I should be finding out how many people saw me on the aiport that day that I only met days later. Interesting feeling.
There were many many people on the airport and I didn't really know who to look for. I was beeing welcomed by my headmistress and my landlord who gave me a ride through town ;o) and took me to my new home which I am enjoying a lot. During the weeks to come I should be finding out how many people saw me on the aiport that day that I only met days later. Interesting feeling.
Many of the teachers teaching at the school this year arrived with me on the same plane. So I first saw everyone on a welcome meeting in school later that very day. Afterwards, one of my new collegues showed me around the island in her smart ;o) I was very surprised to see so many cars on the island, let alone a smart. I saw the vilage, the port and beaches, we even went up to Caldeirao which, unfortunately, was hidden in clouds. So I saved something to discover for later ...
