Day 9

Funchal Madeira! Our tour took us to Camara de Lobos, a small fishing village made famous by Winston Churchill and then we were off to Cabo Girao, the highest sea cliff in Europe and the second highest in the world.

Cool cliff
Plexiglass floor
The photographer

Be careful not to drop the camera!
A long way down
Awesome lookout
Blue ocean
Cabo Girao Selfie

We made a girl move so we could get a pic of us in front of the cliffs.
Cloud height

I took this photo looking straight out from the platform. We were at cloud height. The water and the sky looked so blue!
Cabo Girao Panoramic

A panoramic photo from Cabo Girao before we had to leave.
Leaving

Our tourgroup is heading out!
Walking

Our last stop of the day was at the Madeira Wine Company. The bus parked and we had to walk a couple of blocks.
Madeira

This is the second time we've been to Funchal, Madeira. We took a Christmas cruise in 2014 and this was one of the stops. We took…
Same picture

I think we took this same picture when we stopped here at Christmas.
Wine samples

We got a free sample of the sweet wine and a coupon for a sample of the dry. They were both good! We drank them and watched this g…
Free wifi

The winery also had free wifi so everyone caught up with texts and Facebook in the short time we were there. Cruise internet is SO…
Back to the ship

We waited in line, not for a long time but for a bit and then they opened up the other entrance. Of course it was right when we pa…
Cloudy

We were glad we got back to the ship when we did. When we got on deck, dark clouds started rolling in.
Rain

Then it started to rain. We were very happy we picked a short tour!
Atrium nap

We decided to sit in the atrium and watch people come in from their tours. It was entertaining. We even saw someone try to run in…
Everyone napping

Bill wasn't the only one who took a nap when we got back from our tour. Several people were asleep in the atrium.