........And relax......

The alarm ⏰️ sounded at the ungodly hour of 03:45, signalling the start of our holiday! 😱 We were up, dressed and suitcases 🎒🎒 locked by the time our taxi 🚕 arrived at 05:00 to whisk us off to Liverpool Airport for our Jet2 flight to Madeira. ✈️
Just over 90 minutes later, our bags were checked in, we'd breezed through security, and we were heading off for a delicious cooked breakfast. 😋 Or so I thought! In reality, it turned out to be probably the worst £20 I've ever spent on a full English breakfast! 😪💷
After a false boarding call had everybody dashing towards the gate, we were sent back to the main concourse to await the correct call to reassemble at Gate 3. 🙄
Thankfully, we didn't have to wait too long. Just 15 minutes after our scheduled 10:00 departure 🛫, we were airborne and on our way to Funchal, with Madeira just 3½ hours away! ☀️🏝️
By 16:00, we'd checked into our hotel 🏨, found our room, unpacked our cases and were enjoying a nice, cold first holiday beer! 🍺😎 Now that's more like it!
After a leisurely wander around the hotel to get our bearings it was time to freshen up and head downstairs for our first meal of the holiday.
Dinner was accompanied by traditional Madeiran music and dancing, which reminded us a little of clog dancing back home, but thankfully without the clashing of batons and the jingling of bells! 😂💃🕺
And just like that, our Madeira adventure had officially begun! 🇵🇹❤️🌴Read more