SAILING SEA JADE: Daily rythyms of SeaJade in the Azores

Henda has been away from us for a month now. Hard to believe it has been so long, but at the same time it feels like forever. We are just taking it one day at a time and that makes the time apart bearable. Of course there is plenty here to keep my mind busy, so I guess I am the lucky one. Henda is stuck with too much time and not enough to do. Every now and then that sounds pretty fantastic to me - usually when I look at my job list and see that I am not getting anywhere with it, or with my Portugese, or with the ....... (add anything here, feels like). But in reality it is better to be busy, with not too much time to think.

Is it a bomb? Nope - just airing out the lockers to prevent mildew.

So what have we been up to here for the last few weeks? Well we went to see a tourada da corda (bullfight on a rope). They cordon of a few streets and then let a bull loose with a rope around its neck and around twelve guys on the other end. The bull charges around trying to gore people and they tease it and run away. Pretty exciting stuff hey?

Are you SURE the bull can't get to us up here?

It's like a barracuda in a school of fish says Mari!

Well it made an impression on the girls - for a few days one or the other was the bull on the way to school and back and the other (and me) had to jump out of the way as we were charged. At least it made the walk to and from school more fun!

Other than that we have been to the beach, sailing, school, more school, laudry, more laundry, picnics, and right now there is a show on in the big tents next to the marina. It is kinda like the Rand Show or the Goodwood show, only much much smaller and no thrill rides or stalls where you can shoot to win a prize, etc. The girls love it and we have gone two days in a row with Lori and Neil from the little red boat. Mari had a chance to dance, big speakers, pumping music, traditional Terceira songs that only Mari could ever dance to.