Day 12
Madeira, Portugal. Riding toboggans and cable cars, wine tasting, hilarious tour guide. Starting to get sick.
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Getting on!
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Here we go!
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Passing another car
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Houses and gardens
We could see in to everyone's back yards. They had some nice gardens, great houses, we even saw some people drinking coffee on the…
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Video!
We took a video of part of the ride. To see it, click the photo or HERE.
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The city
You can see nearly the entire city from the cable car. The ride was nearly coming to an end.
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Flea market
We can check out the flea market while we're waiting fro the bus.
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Circo Dallas
Back on the bus! Heading to our next stop. We spotted a travelling circus. We thought it was funny it was named Circo Dallas.
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Eira do Serrado
We drove up to an altitude of 1094 feet. The view was beautiful. This was just from the parking lot!
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Up the path
We headed up the path toward the viewpoint overlooking the Valley of the Nuns.
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Valley of the Nuns
In 1566 the nuns from the Santa Clara convent fled from pirates attacking Funchal and found seclusion here where they also brought…
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Isolated
The village is very isolated and lives mainly on what it grows. They're supposed to have very good chestnuts and have an annual Ch…
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Valley of the Nuns Panoramic
The building on the right is a hotel overlooking the valley.
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Pretty kitty!
This cat had it made! The gift shop sold food. You can see he's very well fed.
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Pretty!
The flowers were too pretty not to take a picture.
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Sick
There was a higher viewpoint at Eira do Serrado but, unfortunately, we had been feeling sick for a couple of days. Climbing up sta…
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One last stop
Back on the bus. One more stop to go!
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One last shot
A last shot of the view from the bus
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Neat old cemetery
Driving to our next stop we spotted this neat old cemetery.
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Winery
Our last stop was the winery. They gave us the option of going to the winery and then they'd take us back to the ship or we could…