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Beautiful tree
Not sure what kind of tree this is but it's beautiful!
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Pretty views!
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Up the stairs
We hated to go because the village was so pretty but it was a short tour and there was more to see.
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Cute village!
The village was really pretty! It was a combination of houses and shops.
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Lighthouse
The village was baeutiful! It had everything: palm trees, brightly painted wooden boats and a lighthouse!
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Camara de Lobos
Our first stop was Camara de Lobos. A fishing village used by Winston Churchill to create beautiful (and famous?) island paintings…
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Cute box
We got a kick out of the box graphics. Cute!
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Pizza!
Since we spent most of the trip sleeping late and doing nothing, we were tired after waking up early and going on our tour so we s…
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Cruise stats
The cruise stats so far. 3385.2 nautical miles from Miami, only 111.8 nautical miles to go to Barcelona.
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Progress map
Our progress so far. We don't have far to go, unfortunately.
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Local map
Not too far away from Madeira.
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Pretty!
We could see red and yellow on the big island. We thought maybe there were flowers or grasses. We couldn't tell. It was far away.
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Islands
The large island is Deserta Grande. The islands have several species of birds, rabbits, goats, lizards and even tarantulas as well…
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All clear
Once they stopped they waited for our ship to pass before they moved their boat again.
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Speed boat
The Desertas Islands are protected and uninhabited. You need a permit to go there. This boat looked like it was coming from there.…
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Desertas Islands
After we left Funchal we sat in the atrium a bit and then back to the room. We sat out on the balcony and saw the Desertas Islands…
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Everyone napping
Bill wasn't the only one who took a nap when we got back from our tour. Several people were asleep in the atrium.
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Atrium nap
We decided to sit in the atrium and watch people come in from their tours. It was entertaining. We even saw someone try to run in…
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Rain
Then it started to rain. We were very happy we picked a short tour!
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Cloudy
We were glad we got back to the ship when we did. When we got on deck, dark clouds started rolling in.
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Back to the ship
We waited in line, not for a long time but for a bit and then they opened up the other entrance. Of course it was right when we pa…