Photos at last
Monday, March 8th, 2010Remember those photos I promised you? I finally got them uploaded to the server. Enjoy!
Remember those photos I promised you? I finally got them uploaded to the server. Enjoy!
Mexelote or caralinho
Monday, March 8th, 2010All over Madeira, in small town tourist shops, we saw these wooden, um, rockets. That's what I preferred to think of them as: rockets. Usually we found simple versions, with just the head and a clean shaft and the little wooden propellers on the end. We wondered what they were, ...
Last day in Madeira
Friday, March 5th, 2010Even the rainy days must end. Alas, they don't always end the way one might wish. We departed the guest house with smiles and hugs from Barry and Johannes. Despite the small room and the unheated pool, Summerplace was six nights of cozy. Daily breakfast was incredible, and the view ...
Madeira, Day 5: Blister in the sun
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010After days of searching and being thwarted with clouds and wind and rain and hail, today we finally found the sun. It was close, too, just down the road from the guest house in Paul do Mar. Almost literally at the bottom of the cliff from the guest house. Just ...
Madeira, Day 4: Chasing the sun, discovering new friends
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010It was a day spent chasing the sun. After breakfast, we drove the antiga 101 to the north side of the island, where we thought the clouds that were hovering over the west and south might give us a bit of a break. After yesterday's rainy venture, M was determined ...
Madeira, Day 3: Sunshine is a fickle mistress
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010We woke to a bright, beautiful morning. The sun kissed coast greeted us as we left the guest house in the morning. The small town of Jardim do Mar, which sits on the sea and we can almost see from our room, has a promenade that stretches from one end ...
Madeira, Day 2: Paralyzing heights and churning seas
Sunday, February 28th, 2010The morning broke with sunshine, a glorious blue sky peppered with drifting gray clouds and only a light breeze. After a spot of tea (I know, wrong country; I brought my own) I headed out for a morning run. Rather than go down first, I went up into the mountain. ...
Madeira, Day 1: Levadas
Saturday, February 27th, 2010Oh how I wish that I had remembered the USB cable which would allow me to connect my Nikon SLR to my computer. Then you'd see more than just this one picture of the western coast of Madeira, taken with the iPhone while I stood on the precipice of Madeira's ...
From Cloud Covered Madeira
Friday, February 26th, 2010It was a long and eventful journey getting here. We actually thought many times that we wouldn't make it. First, the rain that battered Madeira last weekend and caused massive flooding and mudslides. Then, our third snowmaggedon of the season, fated to strike the very moment we were scheduled to ...
