Halloween
The Açoreans go crazy for trick-or-treating and I escaped the madness just in time. We wanted to do a night hike in Terra Chã and after hiking for a while, visability was about 5 feet. We couldn’t find the trailhead so we went back to Terra Chã. The section of trail we did hike I was able to capture these ghosts:
which is actually just Megan and Rick in a creepy doorway. Back in Terra Cha there was a chestnut festival going on. Portuguese festivals are wonderful because everything is free. This one had all you can eat grilled sardines (big ones), wine, and boiled chestnuts. A portuguese friend is telling me about the tradition of grilled sardines eaten on leaves.![]()
The sardines were wonderful and even better were the boiled chestnuts as you can see here: