AZORES - Ponta Del Garda - 5th June... 7th June 2013
Ponta Del Garda in Sao Miguel is a big marina. This is the
biggest Island and the boys had been promised McDonalds. This seemed to be at
a drive in, so we settled for Burger King which was in the marina. This was
helping to ease the hangover and sleep deprivation I was still suffering from.
The boys enjoyed playing in the park and also the €1 ice
creams. They started with a double cone at €1.50 but it was decided that these
were too large and caused ice cream head. They also enjoyed the diving boards
at the outdoor saltwater pool. I enjoyed the price at €2.50 for adults and €1
for kids. Nobody enjoyed how cold the water was.
ARC arranged a night of bowling and also another coach tour
which took us to a pineapple plantation and also to the blue and green lake in
the cete de cidal. The lakes are joined, but half appears blue and the other green.
The Azorean pineapple is small and has a very small crown of
leaves. They are beautifully sweet and they use every part of the plant in the
process to grow or eat. We were able to sample the liqueur which is made from
the skin. We bought the base of the plant which you grow the new pineapple form
but by the time we had managed to but soil to plant it it had rotted. This was
a shame as it would have been a nice project to do with the children. It does
however take 20 months to grow a pineapple so it would have been a rather long
project.
It starts life as a corm.
Planted in a greenhouse and covered with sawdust.
They start to grow
They use smoke
Every part of the pineaple is used to grow more. Only 1 pineapple comes from a plant and can take 20 months to grow. We sampled some pineapple liquer, which was made from the skins.
The Diving boards.
We enjoyed a night of bowling - have not managed to find any photo's of us though, but this is a photo of other ARC Europe friends.
It was then time to move on with ARC Europe to Santa Maria.
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