{"id":1753,"date":"2011-07-10T14:44:14","date_gmt":"2011-07-10T20:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=1753"},"modified":"2011-07-10T14:44:15","modified_gmt":"2011-07-10T20:44:15","slug":"teaser-pics-azores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/teaser-pics-azores\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaser Pics: Azores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Frank and I are nearing the end of our honeymoon.   We first enjoyed our time in Spain, visiting Barcelona, the Pyrenees, and the small village of Cardona.  But, we&#8217;ve spent the last week or so in the Azores, visiting two different islands- Pico and Faial.  We have loved every moment.  Here&#8217;s a few teaser pics!<\/p>\n<p>The harbor of Horta, on Faial, with the volcano Pico on the neighboring island of Pico, rising behind.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Honeymoon2011\/faial\/?action=view&amp;current=P1010423harbor.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Honeymoon2011\/faial\/P1010423harbor.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Horta as seen from a nearby point.<\/p>\n<p>We rented free bikes from the tourist info center \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Honeymoon2011\/faial\/?action=view&amp;current=P1010509britbiking.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Honeymoon2011\/faial\/P1010509britbiking.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We biked through vineyards on Pico- not the typical vineyard, but they worked with their &#8220;volcanic&#8221; resources.  This area is currently a UNESCO heritage site due to their historic and unique ways of growing grapes which actually produce quite good wine!  The island of Faial is in the distance.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Honeymoon2011\/Pico\/?action=view&amp;current=P1020101windmillvineyardsfiail-Copy.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Honeymoon2011\/Pico\/P1020101windmillvineyardsfiail-Copy.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Honeymoon2011\/Pico\/?action=view&amp;current=P1020109vineyardswithHorta.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Honeymoon2011\/Pico\/P1020109vineyardswithHorta.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pico from the town of Lajido on Pico island, where we biked to visit a historic wine distillery.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Honeymoon2011\/Pico\/?action=view&amp;current=P1020049picofromlajido.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Honeymoon2011\/Pico\/P1020049picofromlajido.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We went whale watching.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Honeymoon2011\/Pico\/?action=view&amp;current=P1010884whaletail.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Honeymoon2011\/Pico\/P1010884whaletail.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And swimming with dolphins.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Honeymoon2011\/Pico\/?action=view&amp;current=P1010785dolphin.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Honeymoon2011\/Pico\/P1010785dolphin.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A sunset view from near the mountain house midway up Pico volcano.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Honeymoon2011\/Pico\/?action=view&amp;current=P1020253frompico.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Honeymoon2011\/Pico\/P1020253frompico.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Southerns coastline of Pico with the village of Sao Joao.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Honeymoon2011\/Pico\/?action=view&amp;current=P1020155tosaojoao.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Honeymoon2011\/Pico\/P1020155tosaojoao.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More southern coastline.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Honeymoon2011\/Pico\/?action=view&amp;current=P1020185nearpontadoarrife.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Honeymoon2011\/Pico\/P1020185nearpontadoarrife.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Northern coastline, near Pont Espiago, with Pico volcano on the left.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/s173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Honeymoon2011\/Pico\/?action=view&amp;current=P1020201nearpontadoespigao.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i173.photobucket.com\/albums\/w74\/mtnbikerskierchick\/Honeymoon2011\/Pico\/P1020201nearpontadoespigao.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank and I are nearing the end of our honeymoon. We first enjoyed our time in Spain, visiting Barcelona, the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1753"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1755,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753\/revisions\/1755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}