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Headed up!
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Ginger losenges
Some of the people on our tour, including Bill and I, were sick. Our guide recommended ginger candies they were selling on one of…
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Cute!
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Christmas trees!
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Shopping
A little Christmas shopping!
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Cristiano
We didn't know anything about Madeira except people on the ship told us that soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo was born here. One of t…
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Madeira
Our stop today is Funchal Madeira, Portugal.
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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…
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Really far
580 meters is 1902.89 feet. It was WAY down there!
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Butterfly bush
They had pretty flowers on the way in.
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Next stop
Our next stop is Cabo Girao, the highest sea cliff in Europe and the second highest in the world.
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Beautiful tree
Not sure what kind of tree this is but it's beautiful!
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Cute village!
The village was really pretty! It was a combination of houses and shops.
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Lighthouse
The village was baeutiful! It had everything: palm trees, brightly painted wooden boats and a lighthouse!
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Camara de Lobos
Our first stop was Camara de Lobos. A fishing village used by Winston Churchill to create beautiful (and famous?) island paintings…
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Local map
Not too far away from Madeira.
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Rain
Then it started to rain. We were very happy we picked a short tour!
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Cloudy
We were glad we got back to the ship when we did. When we got on deck, dark clouds started rolling in.
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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…
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Same picture
I think we took this same picture when we stopped here at Christmas.
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Leaving
Our tourgroup is heading out!