It is never easy saying goodbye… Despite almost 10 years of leaving home and coming back again it still doesn’t get easier… but something I don’t think do. So it is not so much goodbye as até logo (see you again soon).

So although hard, I made it through the goodbyes and now safely arrived into my first Azorean stopover – Faial where I will be staying for around a week to meet different people within the oceanography and fisheries department of The University of the Azores.

Prior to arrival it was a busy two days of travel including: 6 trains, 2 planes, lots of chocolate, plane sandwiches and eventually proper pastel de nata (Portuguese custard tarts 😊).

After deluges of what felt like tropical rain yesterday, the weather seems to be clearing today giving an almost full view of Pico – a neighbouring island.

There isn’t much more to update for now, so until next time – até logo!

Hannah 🙂