Hi Mary That is very interesting. How lucky to have visited. It is unlikely that I will ever get there, however one never knows for sure. I hadn't come across anything about traditional handcrafts so will look further into that. First, I will purchase a Portuguese/English dictionary. I could work out most of the wiki entry. thanks and regards Diane Donnon
On Monday, 12 November 2012 02:03:52 UTC+10:30, Mary Bordi wrote: > On Nov 10, 2012, at 10:38 PM, Diane <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Ribeira do Nabo. > > Would this have been a street as we know it - or an area? I > > > I believe its a neighborhood, though there could be a street or road by > that name, I don't know. . When I last visited in 2005 (and before) there > was an artist cooperative there where they were trying to preserve the > local handicrafts. I bought a small piece of the traditional Sao Jorge > weaving among other items. > > http://www.azorexplor.com/artesanato_sj.html > > I hope you get to visit some day. > > Ribeira do Nabo is even on Wikipedia (in Portuguese). > > http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribeira_do_Nabo > > Mary > -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. 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."
