just a quick stop on the way to Porto da Cruz using the old road ER 108; around 600 m above sea level, close to Ribeira de Machico. a nice colourful treeclose to Pico de Areiro ( if I remember right)my boys 😁another beautiful …spectacular…viewquay Porto da CruzLuis and mesome interesting wickerwork in …the famous factory of Camacha with strange sitting woman in basket sled the only highway of Madeira leads its way underneath the impressive stalks of the landing strip of Funchal airportsailing to Porto Santowalking at the beach of Porto Santo and…having a break at a sweet beach baralmost at the end of porto Santo beach at low tidesitting at the porch of the spectacular Columbus museumat the anchorage Baía d’Abra close to Marina Quinta do Lordethe boys did a walk taking a steep track up to the ridge and took some pics from the contrasting … views of the north sidea part of the trailan ancient animal Ilhas Deserta Grande, at the scenic anchorage Carga da Lapa, looking southnow looking northashore at the little path in the background Altimate one can still see the landslip; it sadly blocked the track which led to the plateau 400 meters above; and in front the house of the rangerstwo concentrated players trying not to loose😉
a lot of doors are painted in Funchal as well as the parking permit terminalsa church in Funchalthe famous market Mercado dos Lavradoreswith many colourful spices and sometimes unusual fruitsamazing pavementand interesting beverage offer 😂 ( for the non german speakers ” Kühlschränke” means fridges 😉)a gaze inside a non used houseFunchal benchsquare at Funchalwith small alleysa trip to Câmara de Lobos, a picturesque little harbour and big minions posing family a fluke as an antenna mount, which reminded me somehow of a small longhorn 😁 a sleepy lazy doglooking down on Cámara de Lobosfurther west at Ponta do Solat the coastwith different faunaand a very special menu in a sweet bar at Ponta do Soland some cute kittensthe cable car at Monte – like being in the alpson our way to the tropical garden in Montewith beautiful old lanesnow in the tropical gardenwith huge big ferns…and mossy bencheslovely flowerstropical treesfancy sculptures
art within the tropical gardenwhat is wrong here?Luisand me waiting to see a basket sleddancing in the gardenwhat’s he laughing about?the sleds in black and white
a sledge fun runour last day together was a bit cloudy but still stunning, we headed off to Santana to the north side of the islandthe typical little houses from Santanaanother short cable car down to the beach at Santanaview from top of the cable and one of the million waterfallsthe boys exhausted waiting for food in a restaurant up in the mountain; it did look like a frame house from the alps
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Your son looks like Norbert. Nice sailing movie.
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