Kris caught up with Norberto in the morning, paid him the 360€ we owed for the week’s stay, and found out that we could lock up the villa, leave the keys inside, and go out the back door. We ate breakfast and completed the packing and had time to go back to town for a bit. So we went to the Jardim Jose do Canto, a garden area next to the Presidential Palace. Many things were closed today because of Good Friday but this was open and we had a nice time wandering among giant, old trees. It was the sunniest day of our time in The Azores, but it was blustery and cool. We went back to the waterfront and walked farther east than we had the night before and watched the waves crashing on the rocks. When we left there we found a gas station to fill the diesel rental car for the first time all week before driving to the airport to turn it in and prepare to fly away from this pretty green island. As we took off, the plane circled back along the island so that we could easily see how very narrow it is, and we saw the ocean on both sides of it. It had been a very nice stay at a pretty reasonable price and we still had Boston to look forward to visiting. There were no hold-ups or delays and the return trip to Boston took 5½ hours, as expected. They fed us a fish dinner and showed us George Clooney’s “Descendents” and the time went quickly. We landed in Boston about 5:30 and had no problems with customs or getting our baggage. We took the free shuttle to the Ramada Inn and decided to eat dinner at the Tavern/Brewery/Bowling Alley next door and stay close to Azorean Time. So we went to bed early and prepared to be up early Saturday morning.
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