Madeira, October 2012 − Travels − Captain Tom

Madeira, October 2012

My parents went to Madeira and there was the birthday of my dad. So I decided to go there, surprise them and celebrate birthday with them.

Weather in Germany got worse day by day with temperatures dropping into the 30s and first snow coming in. Weather on Madeira is much warmer with temperatures in the 70s but its rainy and stormy too.

1 Journey to Madeira

I have a stop in Munich.

There I can see rain mixed with snow.

Later in the flight we pass Toulouse ...

... and Lisbon

Land ahoy!

The neighboring island of Porto Santo

Approach to Madeira

2 Sightseeing Funchal

Sightseeing in Funchal is rather short due to the heavy (but warm) rain.

We go by cable car to Monte.

Red roofs everywhere

Steep roads

Cathedral Igreja de Nossa Senhora Do Monte

Gorgeous view to Funchal

Tourists get pushed down the mountain on wooden slides

Rain stops in the afternoon and we can watch some boats. This is Club Med 2

A cruise ship comes in ...

... and it is AIDAsol. It gets received by the pilot

The ship in the port (the Adventure of the Seas to the right)

AIDAsol to the left

Funchal at night

3 A sunny day

We have some sun the next day and we relax in the hotel. There we have some fun with little lizzards.

Feeding

Watching for food

In the afternoon we can watch the cruise ships leaving. First the Adventure of the Seas ...

... and then the AIDAsol

4 Storm, rain and big waves

The ship does not get into the port. It waits for half a day outside and then it leaves.

Wonderful sun after the storm. The lower pools are polluted with sea water.

The sea remains heavy.

Great view to Funchal with blue sky

5 Levada walk

There are little water channels in the Madeira Mountains called Levada. You can walk aside the Levada (preferrably downhill) and can see some of the scenery. I walk 7 miles from Ribeiro Frio to Porto Da Cruz.