Our first port was Ponta Delgada a Portuguese territory. We did not fully take advantage of the island. We spent the majority of our time walking around the city area, enjoy real land under our feet for the first time in 7 days. The town felt like a typical port village. Rather simple. Not particularly clean. The streets are narrow (like many European cities) with tiny sidewalks. The air felt heavy with diesel fumes and surprisingly, it seemed, all the locals smoke.

At the end of the peir there is a military museum. I think all of us agree that the collection was impressive, and the requested donation for entrance, one Euro, was cheap.

Along the boardwalk there is a smaller chuch with no posted name. The exterior is in rather rough condition. Really there is little to draw your attention to the church. Since we were just walking around and the door was mostly open I decided to stumble in. It was really a treat. The interior was beautiful. And while I have seem other ornate churchs, this one was truely a diamond in the rough. If you get a chance, and you can find it, poke your head in, its well worth it.

I will do my best to keep this updated with our trip. I am banking on having plenty of open wifi connections once we are no longer ship bound.