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Day 12

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

Getting on!
Here we go!
Passing another car
Houses and gardens

We could see in to everyone's back yards. They had some nice gardens, great houses, we even saw some people drinking coffee on the…
Video!

We took a video of part of the ride. To see it, click the photo or HERE.
The city

You can see nearly the entire city from the cable car. The ride was nearly coming to an end.
Flea market

We can check out the flea market while we're waiting fro the bus.
Circo Dallas

Back on the bus! Heading to our next stop. We spotted a travelling circus. We thought it was funny it was named Circo Dallas.
Eira do Serrado

We drove up to an altitude of 1094 feet. The view was beautiful. This was just from the parking lot!
Up the path

We headed up the path toward the viewpoint overlooking the Valley of the Nuns.
Valley of the Nuns

In 1566 the nuns from the Santa Clara convent fled from pirates attacking Funchal and found seclusion here where they also brought…
Isolated

The village is very isolated and lives mainly on what it grows. They're supposed to have very good chestnuts and have an annual Ch…
Valley of the Nuns Panoramic

The building on the right is a hotel overlooking the valley.
Pretty kitty!

This cat had it made! The gift shop sold food. You can see he's very well fed.
Pretty!

The flowers were too pretty not to take a picture.
Sick

There was a higher viewpoint at Eira do Serrado but, unfortunately, we had been feeling sick for a couple of days. Climbing up sta…
One last stop

Back on the bus. One more stop to go!
One last shot

A last shot of the view from the bus
Neat old cemetery

Driving to our next stop we spotted this neat old cemetery.
Winery

Our last stop was the winery. They gave us the option of going to the winery and then they'd take us back to the ship or we could…