We leave the Azores

From Horta we motorsailed 10 hours to Velas on Sao George were we stayed for four days in the small marina. We enjoied the quite little town with its very friendly habourmaster Joe . In the evenings after sundown the birdcolonie in the hills above the habour disturbed the quiteness for a few hours every evening with screams and weired sounds. There was the big island festival which started the day after we arrived, but most happenings, concerts and so on started first in the evenings after 22.30 or later, so we did not get a lot out of it. We saw a "bullfight" but it was more a sad thing were youths made a fool out of a young bull/kalv which could not really get hold with its hooves on the road.
On we sailed to Angra de Herismo on Terceira which so far is our favorite here in the Azores. A very nice old town with lots to explore, nice bars and restaurants and again very friendly people. We stayed here as well four days, and had a rental car today with which we visited the interior whith it´s caves, lakes vulcanoes and hydrogenaflowers everywere.
Tomorrow we will probably start to sail in direction France were we will get Emilia, Alexandra and Patrik as visitors for a week. We all are really looking forward to this !
Now we hope for good not too much wind for this last long sail for this trip. It is about 1300sm to Cherbourg in France or if we have to see land earlyer it is about 900sm to La Coruna in Spain.
We calculate an average of 100sm per day.
Best regards,
The Sampocrew