One of the best traditions is eating malassadas, which is a warm, fluffy fried dough covered in sugar that’s made especially for Carnaval.
This week I read the book Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
This week I went swimming at an indoor pool! I’m looking forward to warmer spring weather so I can swim in the Azores’ beautiful natural ocean pools.
I met with the Mayor of Lajes do Pico to learn about their clean energy projects. Pico Island is working on adding solar power to help clean up its electricity grid.