For anyone seeking a first-rate bilingual tour-guide on Flores, I heartily recommend Sílvio Medina, who showed me around the island in June 2002 and proved to be the best guide on all five islands where I used professional guides/drivers. He spent most of his youth in Stoughton, Mass., so speaks excellent English -- although in 2002 I had to recount for him in agonizing detail, at least from this Steelers' fan's perspective, his beloved New England Patriots' march to the Super Bowl championship (LOL!), which included the Pats' defeat of Pittsburgh.
Sílvio Medina: Internet: http://toursofflores.blogspot.com cell phone: (+351) 918 804 210 Sílvio may also have a Facebook page (not my thing). A professional travel writer who visited Flores also raved about Sílvio's expertise and good nature -- in her article, "The new allure of the Azores / Find everything you're looking for - minus the crowds": http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10043006/ns/travel-destination_travel/t/new-allure-azores/#.TlqR9GHK3eU Katharine. -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
