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November 2022

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- Nov 5, 2022
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 32 m
- Portugal Lisbon District Socorro Bairro Alto Praça de São Paulo 38.708932, -9.14366838°42’32” N 9°8’37” W
We finally arrived...
November 5, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
After an 13 hour flight delay we finally arrived at our super cute hotel in Lisbon! 😪
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- Nov 6, 2022
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 121 m
- Portugal Lisbon District Campolide aqueduct Aguas Livres 38.726729, -9.16649938°43’36” N 9°9’59” W
A sunny day of exploration in Lisbon
November 6, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
We started with the traditional tram car tour through the streets of Lisbon, ate some "Pastel de Bacalhau" (codfish cake filled with cheese accompanied by white portwine), walked along the aqueduct, found a street market and had some mich deserved sangria and beer and then ended up in a cute tavern with yummy food and a dessert card where each dessert was accompanied by a specific portwine , we had "Pastel de Nata" (cream custard pastry) with a 20 year old Douro Portwine (Thea was in heaven).Read more
Traveler Oh wow, das sieht echt gut aus 🥰 happy Holiday euch zwei
11/7/22Reply
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- Nov 7, 2022
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Portugal Lisbon District Santa Maria de Belém Pedrouços Belém Tower 38.691612, -9.21591738°41’30” N 9°12’57” W
Exploring the city
November 7, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
We started the day off with a bus tour through the city, drove under the aquedukt, had a great view of the "25th of April" bridge (a sister to the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco, symbolizing the end of the dictatorship in Portugal in 1974), went to the tower of Belem (where we drank Piña Colada out of a pineapple and laughed at tourists doing selfies and getting splashed by the waves), then we went back into the city and drove with a cable car down one of the many sloping streets of Lisbon and had a nice night out in the town.Read more
Traveler sounds like you had great fun
11/8/22Reply
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- Nov 8, 2022, 11:00am
- 🌧 19 °C
- Altitude: 20 m
- Portugal Lisbon District Santa Maria Dos Olivais Cabo Ruivo Oceanário de Lisboa 38.763768, -9.0934738°45’50” N 9°5’36” W
Lisbon-Aquarium
November 8, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
Lisbon is one of Europes sunniest capitals, so we witnessed the rare phenomenon of heavy rain today.
Flexible as we are, we decided to continue a tour of connected Aquariums around the world that we started in Palma de Mallorca.
An impressive institution and the ideal place for a day like that.
They even had sea-otters 😍.

After leaving, the sky turned blue and we finished the remaining bus-tour through the modern parts of Lisbon. Less impressive for the lovers of old architecture that we are, but interesting nevertheless.

We visited our favorite restaurant, came to know the Pittsburgh-Pat and got our last Ginjinha.

...at least, so we thought, because our evening ended in a cute little Fado-Bar with enchanting music where we drank some port, some wine and the definitely last ginjinha...for nowRead more
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- Nov 9, 2022, 6:00am
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 89 m
- Portugal Lisbon District Santa Maria Dos Olivais Vila Formosa Praça do Aeroporto 38.771875, -9.13040638°46’19” N 9°7’49” W
Leaving for Madeira
November 9, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
The early bird catches the flight!

So we had to leave our lovely hotel at 4:50 AM and headed for the airport.

The attached picture visualizes the difference between a triple-espresso and a no-ple-espresso.Read more
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- Nov 10, 2022
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Portugal Autonomous Region of Madeira Água de Pena Porto de Machico 32.703978, -16.7671932°42’14” N 16°46’2” W
Arrived in Madeira!
November 10, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
We arrived in Madeira!

And now we know why everyone was applauding when the plane landed.... because the runway is so short they had to extend it on a huge supporting structure before planes crashed into the ocean (google madeira runway for more scary information)! ✈

Then we set off on our way to the other side of the island to our hotel, had some time to kill, so we stopped at a cute little tea house🏠 on the way where an adorable elderly couple made us tea fresh from the garden (and gave us some fresh leaves 🌱to take with us to brew up more tea at the B&B, and of course the owners know each other) and gave us self made "firewater" (sugar cane booze and holy hell it burned all the way down).

Then we arrived at our awesome B&B overlooking the ocean and then went down to said ocean to catch a whiff of the sea breeze 🌊Read more
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- Nov 11, 2022
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 1,088 m
- Portugal Autonomous Region of Madeira Santana Achada do Marquês Lombo do Meio 32.77452, -16.93521732°46’28” N 16°56’7” W
Hiking Levado do Caldeirão Verde
November 11, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
We started our 20 km hike with the "Levado do Caldeirão Verde" or "Trail to the Green Cauldron" 🥾

We were walking along the cliffs for most of the time, see our terrified looks in the photos, and were thankful that it was foggy for the most part so we couldn't see the sheer drop to our deaths next to the trail... but yay we survived! ⛰

We ended up going through some tunnels right through the mountain and finally made it to the waterfall and the lake. Here we took a break and ate some snacks before continuing on the trail... 🏞

... to be continued!Read more
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- Nov 11, 2022
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 1,300 m
- Portugal Autonomous Region of Madeira Boa Ventura Fajã do Penedo Pico do Canário 32.765113, -16.94636432°45’54” N 16°56’47” W
Hiking Caldeirão Inferno
November 11, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
... and the journey continues to "Caldeirão Inferno" or "Hells Cauldron", and man it was one hell of a hike! 🌋

As the name suggests, the trail became even more treacherous than the simple trail to the green cauldron. We hiked along edges, under waterfalls, across bridges, up some neverending stairs, and through caves... 🛤

By the end we were exhausted but proud to have made it to the top under the waterfall!

... then we had to hike all the way back down.Read more
Aufregend, Euch auf diesem Format begleiten zu dürfen 💥
11/11/22Reply
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- Nov 12, 2022
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 5 m
- Portugal Autonomous Region of Madeira Porto Moniz Piscinas Naturais de Porto Moniz 32.867935, -17.16642132°52’5” N 17°9’59” W
Exploring Porto Monitz and Natural Pools
November 12, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Today we drove out to the northwestern tip of the island to Porto Monitz and spent the day at the natural pools soaking in the sun and swimming in the refreshing cool waters of the atlantic ocean 🌊

Also the Madeira is called the "Island of Flowers" for good reason, there are so many flowers here, especi6bords of paradise which are swarming with absolutly huge bumblebees 🐝 so cute!Read more
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- Nov 13, 2022
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- North Atlantic Ocean 32.68037, -16.69466332°40’49” N 16°41’41” W
Whale and Dolphin Watching
November 13, 2022, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Today we went whale and dolphin watching and we saw so many spotted dolphins and pilot whales! 🐬

The baby dolphins were having so much fun playing and jumping in the waves from our boat ⛵
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