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Cute village!

The village was really pretty! It was a combination of houses and shops.
Lighthouse

The village was baeutiful! It had everything: palm trees, brightly painted wooden boats and a lighthouse!
Camara de Lobos

Our first stop was Camara de Lobos. A fishing village used by Winston Churchill to create beautiful (and famous?) island paintings…
Cute box

We got a kick out of the box graphics. Cute!
Pizza!

Since we spent most of the trip sleeping late and doing nothing, we were tired after waking up early and going on our tour so we s…
Cruise stats

The cruise stats so far. 3385.2 nautical miles from Miami, only 111.8 nautical miles to go to Barcelona.
Progress map

Our progress so far. We don't have far to go, unfortunately.
Local map

Not too far away from Madeira.
Pretty!

We could see red and yellow on the big island. We thought maybe there were flowers or grasses. We couldn't tell. It was far away.
Islands

The large island is Deserta Grande. The islands have several species of birds, rabbits, goats, lizards and even tarantulas as well…
All clear

Once they stopped they waited for our ship to pass before they moved their boat again.
Speed boat

The Desertas Islands are protected and uninhabited. You need a permit to go there. This boat looked like it was coming from there.…
Desertas Islands

After we left Funchal we sat in the atrium a bit and then back to the room. We sat out on the balcony and saw the Desertas Islands…
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.
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…
Rain

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

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

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