When you grow up on an island with just over 120k people (140k now I believe), measuring around 30 miles across, by less that 10 miles wide, the sea is all around you, plus with a moderate temperature year round, you can basically swim 365 days a year.

The reason for this trip t the past was that I found a picture of the old “Sao Pedro” pool, this is where I learned how to swim, and probably spent all my free time from the age of 6 to 12.

On the bottom right you can see somebody carrying one of the numbered hangers they would give you to put your clothes and shoes, you would then be handed a bracelet with the matching number to pick it up later.

The pool was demolished about 20 years ago to make wave for the expansion of the main avenue, on it’s place a newer, bigger, more modern pool was built, but for those people of my age and older, it will always lack the nostalgia of this old small pool

The weather was just great, so we did a bit of walking, unfortunately I should have wore more sensible shoes, my feet are killing me now :p

Here are a few pics of oddities we saw around town.

— Post From My iPhone

I can’t believe a week has passes already since I last posted on tweeter the same thing.

Time sure flies, I take solisse in the knowing I have Brazilian feijoada waiting for me in London … Yummy !!!

Today I was feeling better, so me and Everaldo went out in the town, it was too beautiful of a day to just stay at the flat.

We went to the “Forbidden Planet” Shop downtown followed by a trip to the Amber Grill, a Brazilian “Rodizio” grill, it was quite good

Out and About

Goofing around !

The iPhoto pics are easy, they are tagged automatically, the rest is a manual process

I have gone thru a few thousand so far, and a pattern has emerged, it seems we tend to stick to the Atlantic area, we definitely need to go visit Asia

Yes, the one in the middle of the Ocean is for real, thats the Azores.

A friend of mine (Karl) mentioned to me a few weeks back that every time he comes to London, he loves to go there and have their “Steak Sandwich”.

That got me curious, so I decided to try it .. and that was the beginning of my own love affair with their sandwich, while a whole meal there at lunch is only £6, I find it better tasting than a £20 / plate steak I had recently on a SOHO restaurant

So, when me and Everaldo where unsure yesterday of where to eat for lunch, I dragged him the 40 or so feet from the office to the pub to try it out .. and now he is a fan also

Patiently awaiting for my sandwich …

I decided then to upgrade to first class, since it would be quite a long trip.

Big mistaque !!!! Not only I paid all that extra money, I paid it to travel standing up

The bloddy train was so full from Birmingham onwards I had to stand up and shut up, despite the fact the majority of people in 1st had standard tickets, the entire train had been downgraded, so no free seats anywhere.

I just wish I had know it before I paid extra.

Yesterday me and Everaldo (who by the way is visiting, it’s been a pleasure to finally meet face to face somebody I have been friends with for 8+ years) decided to just go for it and visit, it was a fitting match, as we both huge Mac fans, while in the store we marveled at it’s huge glass staircase, and where amused by the fact so much of Everaldo’s work was on display, on a window they had a huge collection of prints of the App Store icons, and on them where several of his icons, also on the software isle we found some more of the Apps he designed … it’s a small world indeed.

In the end we both walk out if it a little “disappointed” .. not that the store was not great, but simply put, there was nothing new, thats the problem with the internet these days, we get out news and updates so quickly, that by the time one makes it to the shop, it’s all old news, regardless, it’s a place that warrants at least one visit

Everaldo and I …

Now, I was there about 4 years ago, and after an absence of over 10 years, I realized then, that what I missed was a bygone era, the place and people are not the same, everybody changes and people move on and away, but still .. it was a nice place as always, but it no longer was “my” place, it now belonged to a new generation, I always felt like a visit in my own land.

That did not stop me from googling the village today, I found it now has a new website dedicated to the local village county http://www.fenaisdaluz.com .. and even better, I found pictures

I was even able to find one that has my house on it (my mother lives on it) .. in the picture you can see people creating flower carpets for a religious march that happens every year, but I was surprised by the fact that, my house (the pink one on the left, only able to see about 1/2 of it’s front), has 3 people by the door … unfortunately .. I dont recognize a single one .. :p

Made me want to yell “hey, get the hell out of my property !!”

Beutifull…