May the fourth be with you! We had a slow start to the morning, enjoying the nice sunny day. It was the clearest view we’ve had of Corvo since we arrived here in Flores.
We saw a fast ferry arrive in Flores, the first boat crossing since the windstorm dissipated. Their captain was not anywhere near as good as ours, you could actually hear the thump-thump-thump as they crested waves. They had a tarp over the windward side of the boat, which probably kept them dry, but blocked half the view. We would have got seasick.
We finally got our day underway around 11am. First up was the cheese factory / museum across the island, in Fajãzinha (population 71). The cheese factory is down some pretty narrow streets on the edge of town.
Turns out the only thing available to the public is a small fridge selling two kinds of cheese. Not sure why it’s so hyped up on Google Maps. Even the tourist info folks had suggested we check it out.
That was really the only thing we had planned, so now we had some time on our hands. Walked around Fajãzinha and took some pics, it’s a cute little place. After we saw the parking lot outside town and realized we were supposed to park there and then explore the town on foot.
We drove down to Igreja de Nossa Senhora Do Carmo, on the outskirts of Fajã Grande. I had taken a bunch of pics of the church from afar a couple days ago. The road leading to the church was fairly level and picturesque, so we decided to have lunch and then park and revisit the church again on foot.
We went to the same lunch spot as the first day in. We were there at 1pm, and our lunch order was queued up behind all the other tables. We only got our food around 2pm. We tried their breaded shrimp, which was good, but we’re probably done with deep fried food for a while.
After we parked at the trailhead (so to speak), and walked along the road to the church. There’s numerous waterfalls visible along the way. They fall from 600m cliffs, and the flow is low so about half way down they disappear into mist. It wasn’t that long of a walk (only about 2km) but it was nice.
We did not feel like waiting for food for dinner, so instead decided to get some charcuterie from the local grocery store and just have dinner at our bnb. I also got a bottle of Pico wine, which we really enjoyed back in 2019. The vineyards are a UNESCO site and the wine has a slight hint of sea salt. Anyways I took the opportunity to try it again.
The views were beautiful from our bnb on the hill as the sun went down. It was a nice relaxing end to the day.
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