Back from Portugal!
22 Jun 2023 11:09![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
karmicdragonflyThe trip to the Azores and Madeira (both autonomous Portuguese regions), and then the cities of Porto and Lisbon on the mainland was a really excellent trip.
I'm still culling through images and processing my memories.
This was a group tour, and there were some really wonderful people on the trip, and I also felt warm feelings for several of the tour guides, van drivers, etc. This was already planned out, so the sites were beautiful and interesting.
This photo was one of the first sites we visited - the beautiful Sete Cidades (Seven Cities) in the Açores (Azores), named for a founding myth of 7 cities. The Azores was really beautiful -- lakes, cows, beautiful scenery. I'll post a separate entry about this location, but here's a taste.
The first kiss was on our last night...followed by a goodbye kiss at the airport the next day. So I guess I now really know the meaning of the Portuguese word saudades, because I am missing him today. As we text this morning, I can already tell texting is not a good substitute for laughing and talking.
I'm still culling through images and processing my memories.
This was a group tour, and there were some really wonderful people on the trip, and I also felt warm feelings for several of the tour guides, van drivers, etc. This was already planned out, so the sites were beautiful and interesting.
This photo was one of the first sites we visited - the beautiful Sete Cidades (Seven Cities) in the Açores (Azores), named for a founding myth of 7 cities. The Azores was really beautiful -- lakes, cows, beautiful scenery. I'll post a separate entry about this location, but here's a taste.
Cupid struck hard and early!
No really, I mean it. He let loose big, strong arrows.
On the first day, I noticed one of the other guys in the group while we were at Sete Cidades, and he must have noticed me too. From then on, we would talk and laugh together, touching each other on the arms and back, often sitting together at meals or on the minivans.The first kiss was on our last night...followed by a goodbye kiss at the airport the next day. So I guess I now really know the meaning of the Portuguese word saudades, because I am missing him today. As we text this morning, I can already tell texting is not a good substitute for laughing and talking.