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We sailed into Praia da Vittoria at 1230, which meant that we could see the whole island of Terceira as we approached.

Then across the caldera to another crater of a smaller volcano & down to Angra do Heroismo.

Monte Brasil overlooking Angra

Walls of Monte Brasil

From Monte Brasil Eastwards

We were taken straight up the peninsula called Monte Brasil, for the view, as in this panorama below.

There had been a serious earthquake in 1980 & one could tell by the colour of the roofs which buildings had had to be rebuilt.

Various churches & cathedrals from Monte Brasil

Monte Brasil also has a crater

Tile finder on Monte Brasil (The Azores are Portuguese)

Then, to the top of the High Street & down it to look at the buildings, including the cathedral (middle picture above), which had been rebuilt after the earthquake & the theatre.

Down the High Street	Typical balconies	More balconies
Main Cathedral	Inside the Cathedral	The Silver Altar
Opposite the Cathedral		The Theatre
Jesuits, later Governor's Palace	Down to the Harbour	The Gardens

Unfortunately, we did not have time to go to the harbour, the whole point of the town although the main port of the island is now Praia, to which we returned a different way.

Praia Da Vitoria We took the shuttle bus (£5 each) from the ship to downtown Praia & spent an hour exploring this 'city' (it does have a charter) of 7,000 people before going back to the boat too late to eat in the Thistle Restaurant, so ate in the Palms Café.

Praia Da Vitoria Market	Praia Da Vitoria Main Street from top	Main Street lower down
Praia Da Vitoria Cathedral	Praia Da Vitoria Town Hall	Praia Da Vitoria Marina

Then, we had the bad news that the weather further North was so bad that the driver was going to skip Ponta Delgada & beat it back to Blighty. The good news was the great show put on by the Show Team of pop classics but by starting with "River deep, Mountain high", it was downhill from there & 4th Dimension had done "Sweet Caroline" before.

Taksina from Thailand, our invaluable Cabin Steward

Ivana from Serbia, one of the Entertainment Officers

Avis & Imee from the Phillippines, another Entertainment Officer