We saw cruise ships from afar on the radar last night and a few fishing boats. “We” is a big word because I haven’t seen them at all, but...

We pass Sao Miguel (to port) in the first light of day and Santa Maria is to starboard (right). We check the map because there are reefs...

I wake up at 4am, but turn around until 5am, it's still supposed to be a vacation, right!? I go out to wash my hair because I know that...

Night was short. I sleep very well on the boat, but woke up at around 2am and couldn't get back to sleep until at least 4:30am. I don't...

We woke up a few times in the night, but I slept well. I don't know if you remember the festival last year and the noise late at night,...

Before going any further, I would say to situate you, that we are leaving Montreal to join our sailboat in the Azores where we left it...

Another relaxed morning. We are on vacation or are wet! We fold the mainsail in the morning. Not so simple, but we have a little more...

The return is approaching so we have many tasks to accomplish, before leaving and we don't want the stress about doing everything at the...

Up late: 9:30 a.m.! For me it's a feat... but the music at night makes us fall asleep later and/or I have entered vacation mode quietly....

The pleasure of traveling is being able to take it easy when you want. And today is one of those days! We rested part of the morning....

Big sun this morning. Louis wanted to get up early but ended up lazing around until 9am. We have lunch and we will go up the stairs that...

First day just the two of us together! Louis asks me what I want to do. I would like to take it easy today. It suits him fine. Yeah! It...

We take advantage of our morning, more quickly this time, to see a Bavaria 46-foot sailboat come up to dock on a nearby quay. I love...

We enjoy the morning together in the sailboat until someone from the marina comes to tell us that they have a place at the dock for us...

First morning together. We clean the boat a little, to be able to live better on board and we leave for the marina office. We ask them if...

Everyone gets up later considering the night we spent. Only Louis seems to have slept well with all these swells. One wonders why! We try...

This is the big day! Departure by sailboat, finally! At least for us, although I know Louis can't wait to set sail again! We leave around...

We had a quieter day today as we wanted to take our time. So we lazed a bit in bed, you still need days like that. We went down to...

For our tour of the island, of a few places at least, we rented a car, the last one available, and then drove towards the Caldera (the...

First tourist activity of the trip. We take the ferry to get to Pico. Important point to remember if you go there you need your ID's...