Last night had run in the dark even a sailing boat in the Marina of Velas and this morning we met also the skipper Hans from the SY snowball from Lübeck. It was likable right off the bat and we quickly got to talking. Spontaneously we decided, heute zusammen mit unserem Auto auf Erkundungstour zu gehen 🙂

We had decided yesterday, our “Accident victims” against a less-damaged car Exchange. This was also possible and about ten o'clock we made diesel on the way our three in asthmatic wheezing Opel Corsa to the southern tip of the island.

The weather was hold us and the drive passed quickly in the air. Hans has been traveling SNOWBALL with its already on unusual and appropriate to the ship's name routes such as Greenland and Iceland. Maybe this is ever interesting for us, but once it comes for us at the end of the year in the warm Caribbean.

In the East of the island lies the town of Topo, in which the eponymous cheese is made. A guided tour of the factory was long on our wish list and here you could do it completely without any problems. Zuerst mussten wir uns aber ordentlich in Schutzkleidung verpacken 🙂

Then, it was already in production, where in huge containers the “Dick laying” the milk will take place.

The secluded cheese in forms is then filled and squeezed out.

The Käselaiber are then (between 10 and 12 Kilo heavy) mounted to the wheel. While they are used every day. Ganz schön schwer 🙂 so ein Käse. If you must turn all every day, braucht man nicht mehr ins Fitnessstudio zu gehen 🙂

After a brief detour to the sea, we made our lunch break in a rather nondescript bar. We all took that “Prato do dia” (Dish of the day), that tasted just fine and us along with soup beforehand and drinks a hefty bill of 23 € for three people gave. Einfach unschlagbar 🙂

Afterwards, we visited yet, the north side of the island, more specifically the PAIA, die mir Dietmar gestern unterschlagen hatte 🙂 Mit ihrer großen Lagune war sie auch besonders schön.

We come down then proceeded on foot. A narrow path led directly across the lagoon to the water. It was all full of water birds, they left here, the shrimp taste, they were in the right flat lagoon in large quantities.

Back in the village we drank more coffee in the single become quite crowded coffee. Here far from this tiny village there was for me a delicious latte macchiato as in Germany. Ein wunderbarer Genuss nach dem üblichen starken portugiesischen Kaffee 🙂

On the way back through the Highlands was nothing more unfortunately to see the beautiful views of the island of Pico. Ehrlich gesagt war fast überhaupt nichts mehr zu sehen 🙂 und es regnete kräftig und ausdauernd.

So we finished our tour and followed the invitation by Hans on his SNOWBALL. Tea and grog, there was a cozy evening. In addition to the original German almond Croissant and Lübecker Marzipan, we tried different ports and rum varieties. The sailing life is really leg hard and exhausting… 🙂