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Madeira

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Travel: Funchal Cable Car & Tobogganing in Madeira

Monday, May 26th, 2014
Travel: Funchal Cable Car & Tobogganing in Madeira
"If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough."  - Mario Andretti At the top of the Funchal cable car there is a church called Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Monte (the Church of our Lady of the Mountain). It's very pretty, inside and out. At the base of read more
FUNCHALMADEIRAPORTUGALEUROPETRAVELIN PHOTOS

Travel Stories: Road-tripping in Madeira

Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
Travel Stories: Road-tripping in Madeira
I was born on an island, but I often forget it..But if I'd been born on Madeira, I don't think I could ever have forget that my first breaths of life were surrounded by sea. For the sea that surrounds Madeira felt like a bigger, bluer sea. And sometimes read more
TRAVELROAD TRIPPINGMADEIRAEUROPETRAVEL STORIES

Portugal Travel: Taberna da Poncha, Madeira

Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
Portugal Travel: Taberna da Poncha, Madeira
If you ever go to Madeira (and you should) you have to try poncha, the island's favourite drink. Fruity, sweet and powerful, poncha is a drink worth discovering. Read more
MADEIRAPORTUGALEUROPETRAVEL

Travel: Photos from the Top of Pico do Arieiro, Madeira

Thursday, April 3rd, 2014
Travel: Photos from the Top of Pico do Arieiro, Madeira
“The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn't it be?--it is the same the angels breathe.”  -  Mark Twain Pico do Arieiro is Madeira's third highest peak but it's read more
TRAVELMADEIRAPORTUGALEUROPEIN PHOTOS

Travel: What's Madeira Really Like? My First Impressions

Thursday, March 27th, 2014
Travel: What's Madeira Really Like? My First Impressions
Walking through Madeira airport I looked for a sign with my name on it.I found it in the hands of a man wearing a navy cardigan and camel coloured trousers. He started to frown as I approached him.I read the sign again " Mr. Frances Thompson ".He read more
MADEIRAPORTUGALEUROPEFIRST IMPRESSIONSTRAVEL
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