We finally arrived...
5 novembre 2022, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 19 °CAfter an 13 hour flight delay we finally arrived at our super cute hotel in Lisbon! 😪
After an 13 hour flight delay we finally arrived at our super cute hotel in Lisbon! 😪
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,En savoir plus
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 theEn savoir plus
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 weEn savoir plus
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 aEn savoir plus
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 crashedEn savoir plus
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, andEn savoir plus
... 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 trailEn savoir plus
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 oceanEn savoir plus
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 ⛵