The clouds looked menacing but we were hoping it wouldn't rain.
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…
Our stop today is Funchal Madeira, Portugal.
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…
580 meters is 1902.89 feet. It was WAY down there!
They had pretty flowers on the way in.
The village was really pretty! It was a combination of houses and shops.
The village was baeutiful! It had everything: palm trees, brightly painted wooden boats and a lighthouse!
Our first stop was Camara de Lobos. A fishing village used by Winston Churchill to create beautiful (and famous?) island paintings…
Our progress so far. We don't have far to go, unfortunately.
Not too far away from Madeira.
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.
The large island is Deserta Grande. The islands have several species of birds, rabbits, goats, lizards and even tarantulas as well…
The Desertas Islands are protected and uninhabited. You need a permit to go there. This boat looked like it was coming from there.…
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…
Then it started to rain. We were very happy we picked a short tour!
We were glad we got back to the ship when we did. When we got on deck, dark clouds started rolling in.
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…
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…
I think we took this same picture when we stopped here at Christmas.