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We took the afternoon ferry, so we got there at about 5 pm and walked around to explore. Then we found the hotel and checked in. Hobson stayed in a room below me and I was on the level above. This hotel was a little different then other hotels I have stayed in. My room had to twin beds (I think they may have been smaller than twins), and there were no blankets, just sheets. There was no bathroom in my room. I had to go out and into the hallway to use the bathroom and each floor only had about three hotel rooms. Then we went out and found a place to eat. We ate at a restaurant named Felicidade and it was phenomenal. We had baked chicken, I think, and french fries, and apple fanta. It was the best meal I have had here yet. I don´t remember what happened next, but we went back to the hotel, read scriptures and went to bed to get a good nights sleep for hiking the next day :)
Okay, Saturday, we woke up, read scriptures and then enjoyed an AMAZING FREE breakfast provided by the hotel. Hotels in America seriously need to pick it up, because NO hotel breakfast compared to this. Fresh bread, Fresh goat cheese, Fresh jam, Fresh milk, Yogurt, CAKE, Juice, etc. All brought and layed (laid?) out in front of us. Mmmmm
Manuel Eduarte, one of Hobson´s old missionaries, met us and showed us around and took us to the beginning of hike. You guys, Santo Antâo is sooo beautiful and unique. I feel like I travelled through four different worlds. One side of the Island is so dry and and then all of the sudden you are standing on top of the clouds and then all of the sudden there is this huge switch and everything is green and there are trees and plants and flowers everywhere and then you get to the coast and you feel like you are in Hawaii and it was just soooo cool. Anyway, I will stop talking and put up some pictures :)
PS sorry, some of the pictures aren´t turning right side up!
PPS the last picture is of my absolute favorite bread here in Mindelo, that I get on the daily. It´s some type of coconut bread and it is so soft and fluffy and yummy
"Whoa" (said with a Joey voice from Friends, but I hate that show). Those are some killer switch backs, looks like you had yourself one heck of a work out girl. The returned missionary looks like Barak Obama and President Hobson is so cute. I hardly recognized you standingnext to Obama, you are so tan you look like a Mandelan (haha, if that is even a word). The bread sounds soooo good!
ReplyDeleteMy hotel in Thailand didn't have blankets either. The hotels in Thailand and Italy serve free breakfasts too and they are insane in the membrane! Tons of fruit and a variety of different dishes. Man, I get sad when hotels hear don' even serve waffles but we have really been dooped into thinking that those nasty prepackaged strussels count as a free breakfast.
i love you, sister. you are the best. and you are tanner than i am. boo.
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