• 🎉 The speaker found love in the Azores and couldn’t stop thinking about the place after the visit.
  • 🏝️ Americans and Canadians relocate to the Azores not just for tourism, but also for life and business opportunities.
  • 🌺 The Azores is an archipelago of nine emerald islands with beautiful nature, scenery, and sea life.
  • 🛫 The Azores is an easy place to get to, with less than a five-hour flight from Boston and three and a half-hour flight from mainland Europe.
  • 🚣 Anton Edersburg is an accomplished sailor, settled in the Azores, and has an interesting academic and business background.
  • 🌐 Anton loves the Azores and prefers to be there than in the new world or Mainland Europe.
  • 🌳 The speaker also loves the Azores because of the people, nature, and hiking trails.
  • 🍷 The speaker shows their wine cellar and plans to do wine tastings there.
  • 🏠 The speaker shows another room and plans to put a kitchenette in it.
  • 🍖 The speaker talks about having a dry-ager for beef in their kitchen.
  • 🏗️ Alluvial rock or volcanic stone is used for construction on the Azorian islands due to their abundance and heat resistance.
  • 🚗 Road infrastructure has greatly improved in recent times, and renting a car is affordable.
  • 🏥 Healthcare is good, with a newer private hospital in Lagoa focused on medical tourism.
  • 🌞 The speaker is undertaking a renewable energy project involving photovoltaic power on six islands.
  • 🍴 The food ingredients in the Azores are fantastic, although the food culture is simple.
  • 🍽️ The speaker recommends some excellent restaurants in Ponta Del

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