Terceira Island

Yeah, yeah.

So they are from Terceira.

And, yeah, there were hundreds of Portuguese people there.

So, you know, Tom? Yeah.

I sang in São Jorge Island.

I've sang in Terceira Island.

I've sang in Portugal.

I've sang in the old historic Bairros of Fado.

At, at certain points we have 600 feet more of land into the ocean than it has today.

And still, in the isle of Terceira, you go to this area that's obviously now limited from military reasons that you can't go.

One of those, uh, beaches full of rocks have these anchors, these stone anchors exactly as the ones they were used in the Mediterranean during the period of the, of the Copper and Bronze Age, right? And they try to dismiss it, but then this guy that's been fighting for the recognition for 20 years, uh, goes to them, "Okay.

I s- okay, so these stones for you, these, these stones that are stone anchors to you are all natural, right? And so please explain why every single one of them has the same hole of 14 centimeters in diameter."

All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain.

For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org Recording by Dion Gines The Islands of Magic by Elsie Spicer Ells The Enchanted Palace The Story of Lake Gingal In the village of Altos Ares in the island of Terceira, there lived once upon a time a fair maid who had been baptized Perola, which means pearl.

As she grew older, she was indeed like a rare pearl among the other maidens of the village, so great was the charm of her unusual beauty.

She was the joy of her home and the whole community, for her disposition was as lovely as her face.

Rogue.

All the villagers sought for her in every possible place.

Now at the north of the island of Terceira, there were groups of tiny rocks in the sea which are called the biscotos or biscuits.

Here there lived a wise old woman who had a great reputation among all the people of the island for her knowledge.

United and Air Canada flights are more expensive, but they're timed to sync up better with the rest of their North American networks, which is part of why we ended up booking our return with United.

And starting next year, if you want to focus your entire summer vacation on the Azores, you'll actually be able to fly United for São Miguel on one end and Terceira on the other.

That'll be a nice option to give you an even more diverse taste of the Azores than we had.

Terceira also has ferry connections to all of the smaller islands in its group, so you might be able to sneak one of those in too.

Since I know a lot of you come to this show for the points side of things, here's a short version of what I laid out in full back in episode 42.

Our flight home from San Miguel to Columbus on United ran 53,000 miles per person, plus around $60 in taxes and fees.

When the Christians were hard-pressed in their battles with the Moors, and were about to be pushed back into the sea, the island of Saint Brendan appeared upon the horizon, and the Good Saint himself came to fight against the Moors and bring victory to the Christians.

In the middle of the 15th century there was a little maid called Maria who lived in the island of Terceira.

She heard the story of St. Brendan's Isle from a Franciscan brother.

Day and night she dreamed of it.