The Coolest House...EVER

September 2001 - November 2002, Baia Da Salga

I have finally decided to put up all my pictures in my photo folder called Salga. These are pretty much generic pictures that I took from my house in Salga or of my house. What a house this place was. As you can see from the pictures below, the house itself really isn't much. It's location, location, location. Actually, the house was pretty cool though. I mean, it's a former church. So that was kinda creepy and cool at the same time. But seriously, the view you'd get when you walked outside or just looked out the window - WOW! I still can remember when Angelo and I were searching for this place and what a scavenger hunt it was. All we had was an address and a city - information that is pretty much useless in the Azores. Using Angelo's limited Portuguese (at the time), we somehow made it to Sao Sebastiao (pronounced San Sebastian), which is the main city that Baia da Salga is in. From there, we found the road through the cow pastures (seriously) that led from the 'highway'. This road was just outta Star Wars and the Death Star trench scene. There are rock walls sometimes 6 feet high or more binding you in to the road (justbarely wide enough for two vehicles to slowly crawl by each other), and giving you many blind turns in which you hoped there wasn't a cow, a person, or a truck coming right for you. Many exciting drives were had on this scary-ass road. It even had a casualty (Byron's baby Pamela suffered at the hands of the road), but all was rewarded when you rounded the last turn. The 2nd picture from the right in the first row of pictures below was right after that last turn. That first time on that turn, Angelo and I both looked at each other and couldn't believe this was the right place. There were three houses total to pick from, and while one was a monster (the house across the street from mine), and the other (down by the cafe) was obviously occupied, the little yellow house on the cliff remained. And we eventually got it. Crazy. Looking back, it still blows my mind that I lived in this house. Something like this in the states would cost a buttload.

So anyways, here are pretty much all my pictures of my most amazing house in the Azores. Obviously there are pictures that are in the other sections that are of my house. But these are the lot that are in my Salga folder. Enjoy - I know I love to think about how amazing the Azores were!

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