Terceira

This is the magical Island that seems to have stopped in time. A very relaxed and quiet way of living, very friendly people, and a style of life dedicated to enjoy the good things in life, is the best way to describe these people.

With around 60,000 people this small island stands out in history with great heroic achievements like standing up against the Spanish invasions while the rest of the country was being taken over by them, including the "batalha da Salga". According to the people while Spanish ships were secretly unloading troops into the island, a native woman who had lost her husband and son in battle opened the gates to let the bulls run against the Spanish soldiers making them drown and not be successful with their plan.

These Pictures are what this island is today, the famous running of the bulls in the main streets called "touradas a corda", some more cool pictures of the scenery and some other things...enjoy.

This place is called Biscoitos, and its used as a swimming area mainly...

Ha Ha, this is what our cows are like...and this is what they do, EAT all day...and sleep...man sometimes you feel jealous hunh?

A lagoon, one of the few that we have in the island...

This is near the US airport that exists on the island (USA rents some space in the island to keep a military air base there), this place is called Lajes.

The "touradas a corda" that I was telling you about...

Another shot of the running of the bulls...

This place is called Serreta, its a beautiful place where cows and birds are the only neighbors you have around...

Sao Mateus...near the city of Angra do Heroismo, this is the place to go for the best seafood...yummmm...

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All corked and bottled messages can be floated to Paulo at paulopires@hotmail.com

This page was last updated on 07/23/98.