Madeira Funchal

We got up early and didn’t eat because we were concerned about getting to our tour in time. The night before the waves were bonkers. While we waited we talked with one of the activities ladies, Abigail who we spoke with at length yesterday.

We got a cab as soon as we could disembark. He drove very fast but warned us that the weather wasn’t good for getting out in the ocean. But we tried anyway. Unfortunately mom fell but hopped right up and keep going.

Sadly it was all for naught…the dolphin and whale watching catamaran was canceled. The lady was kind of wary of us, insisting they tried to call me but it wouldn’t work on the ship. After proving we weren’t upset and understood that it was the weather, she seemed relieved then gave us a guidebook and a map. And we walked around the city.

I took some money out of an atm for a crappy exchange rate. We stumbled across a book fair and found some souvenirs. Then we strolled through the gardens a bit. And then mom suggested we just walk back to the boat. Seriously hardcore!

We passed by Abigail on her way to go off shore. We were out for about three hours but the boat will leave at 3 pm. We almost rode a tuktuk but I didn’t want to risk it.

*edit* we THOUGHT all aboard was 3 but it was actually 6:30pm.

We got to the boat and had little lunch. Then back to the Bliss lounge for arts and crafts, bracelet making. We played name that mustache, celebrity heads and Broadway Posters trivia. We were sooooo close to winning that one but the other team had one more point than us. Jared went ahead and signed our card 3 times again. Spoke at length with a nice lady from Scotland’s high lands and I could have listened to her accent for hours. I was a good sport and joined the…shudder…disco dance class. Never again will we speak of that.

We had a quick bite at the buffet then went to the Carol King Tribute Show. They gave us our color tags for luggage today. We’ve both been packing so we are probably going to sleep early.Read more