"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

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

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

“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

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