25 Fountains
A couple of posts ago I threatened a video of the waterfalls on the 25 Fountains walk we went on. Here it is, music by Ben! https://youtube.com/shorts/doe_fDYDBbk?feature=share
Monte
We had a slow start to the day and pondered what to do on our final day given the poor weather outlook. We were leaning towards doing some indoor attractions in the city (mainly museums) but were not persuaded by the reviews so opted instead for a trip back up the hill to Monte and […]
Wet Wet Wet
Today we had booked in for our second attempt at the 25 waterfalls levada walk in Rabacal. We went to the local café for our now customary breakfast of coffee and cake and they made up some nice cheese and ham salad rolls for our packed lunch. We felt quite optimistic as there were loads […]
WOTD: windy
On Monday morning we strolled down to the Santa Catarina park and grabbed breakfast on the way. We then visited the MAMMA – Museum of Modern Art of Madeira, which exhibits about 300 works of art, divided into 14 thematic areas, created by Madeiran artist Rui Sá. It was certainly very different, as you can […]
Slobby Sunday
We had decided that today would be a day of rest! We had coffee and cake (including Bread of God) back at the Pastelaria petit fours bakery near the hotel and then chilled in our room. Dave sorted through some photos and listened to rugby special, I read my novel, did enough laundry to see […]
Cable car success
This morning we enacted our plan to get the cable car whilst avoiding all the cruise passengers!
Aborted Waterfall Walk
We should have been seeing l lots of water falls but…… oh the wind
Aborted Cable Car Ride
We had planned on getting the cable car today…. However….
Funchal
The first two days of our trip mainly based in Funchal, Madeira. Walking around and chilling out.
The Day before…
A brief trip to Lepe beach before we set off for Madeira via Elaine and Stuart’s.