Our last port was Funchal. I arranged to go out with Marilyn, Viv and Julie. We got a taxi and went to ride the wicker baskets first. Great fun, very slippery road. Then we went to the botanical gardens.
Next we went to the Valley of Nuns, which is an extinct volcano. The Nuns used to go there to escape the pirates. They had to walk up the valley to get there. Until recently the village was cut off from the rest of the island so there was a lot of intermarrying . First we went up to the view point above the valley and then down into the village.
The taxi dropped us back to Funchal and we visited the market. We walked back up the main shopping street, stopping at a lovely Cuban bar for a beer. We went into the Chinese shop Marlyns name for a shop that sells everything, lots of bargains. I bought a skirt and top.
on our way back to the ship we found Louise Jane and Katherine sampling the local rum. made from sugar cane, so we joined them for a puncha,
got back on ship for sail away . Had Aperol Spritz on back deck with Jill, Annette and David.
Brad joined our table for dinner. Then he did a sixties night; Hollies, Trogs, Gerry and the Pacemakers, KinksRead more
Portugal
