Day 12

Madeira, Portugal. Riding toboggans and cable cars, wine tasting, hilarious tour guide. Starting to get sick.

Gizelle

Our tour guide, Gizelle, was hilarious! She made everyone be quiet on the bus, like she was our mom. If anyone was talking, she st…
Old steps

Very shallow, old steps.
Cool tree
Cool walkway

The stonework looked like it was so much work! I think straight was the wicker baskets and up was the church.
Bill the photographer

Bill is always lagging way behind the tour group because he's taking so many pictures. I try to make sure we don't leave him behin…
Mother Church of Our Lady of Monte

The original chapel has been here since 1489.
Beautiful church!
Great view!

The church was at the top of the mountain. It had a great view!
Cute puppy!

The church was a dog place!
Another puppy!
Last Emperor of Austria

Karl of Habsburg. He passed away in 1922 and was Beatified in 2004.
Very dark

We didn't get many good photos from inside the church because it was very dark inside.
The ceiling
Beautiful altar
Nativity scene

There were many scenes of the Nativity. It was just so dark and the photos aren't very good. I thought I'd include just one pic.
A little more

You can see a little more of the church in this shot.
Organ balcony
Back outside

Checking out the view again. It looked like the clouds were clearing up!
Our Lady of Monte front

Pretty church!
Counting

Gizelle cracked us up again. When we left the church we were missing one person. She said they whoever it was was a bad person any…