Arrive in Funchal
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All the travel worked really well so we arrived in time to check in to the hotel and walk just down the hill to a cafe looking out over the bay. The food was excellent and we got our first glasses ofもっと詳しく
All the travel worked really well so we arrived in time to check in to the hotel and walk just down the hill to a cafe looking out over the bay. The food was excellent and we got our first glasses ofもっと詳しく
This morning we walked down to the ,rather unimpressive, Fort in the city, and all along the sea front. Its not a big city so it doesn't take long to get anywhere. On the way we passed the localもっと詳しく
After the cathedral we walked back, via the market which we plan to visit in the morning, and spent an hour or two in the sun, and around and in (!!) The pool, before walking back down to a preplannedもっと詳しく
Although the central market operates every day, Saturday is the biggest day. We walked all through the fish, fruit, veggies and handicrafts. The fish in particular were interesting, different fish andもっと詳しく
We had planned to visit the botanic gardens at the top of the mountain, but the entry price was huge so we didn't bother, and went on the church that was founded by the the last emperor of theもっと詳しく
Cruise ships
Virtually every day one or two cruise ships docks in the port. Yesterday one of them was a huge 4500 passenger Carnival line cruise mostly full of Americans. The Blandys wine lodge whereもっと詳しく
Today we had booked a half day sightseeing trip with a local company, so they picked us up at 8.15 in a land rover, and then another texan couple from the cruise ship that arrived this morning. Afterもっと詳しく
Although it's just been a few days, we have really liked madeira and funchal. It's a small and very pleasant city, with good food and wine, and even though its full of tourists and cruise ships, theもっと詳しく