We went grocery shopping at largest supermarket on the island, the Continente supermercado. It sells just about everything although it's smaller than a decent sized store in London. We had a birthday BBQ to prepare for and we needed everything from food to fold out chairs.
There were abandoned things in the carpark, presumably for charity. I love typewriters and had never seen one like this before. It has a wide carriage for business typing. Or perhaps one day on my memoirs in my dream house in Faial?
The supermarket reminds me of what they were like in the 80s when I was growing up in the country. Most fresh produce was sourced locally. Food and prices were honest and the only expensive things were imported goods.
The fresh seafood section was amazing. I've never seen half of these fish types before and there was even a separate section for dried cod. It's easy to eat healthily with fresh, unprocessed foods and cheap too-that's how life should be.
A delicacy of the Azores are these sea snails. Unfortunately this one cannot escape!
Part of Portuguese cuisine is Bacalhau, dried salted cod.
When we returned home that day, cows were moved by their farmer to the back of the house to graze. How beautiful is Pico here at sunset?
Because there are no fences, each cow is secured by a chain and stake anchored to the ground. Mother cows were mooing all night because they were apart from their calves and the poor babies couldn't suckle :(
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