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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…
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Free wifi
The winery also had free wifi so everyone caught up with texts and Facebook in the short time we were there. Cruise internet is SO…
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Wine samples
We got a free sample of the sweet wine and a coupon for a sample of the dry. They were both good! We drank them and watched this g…
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Same picture
I think we took this same picture when we stopped here at Christmas.
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Madeira
This is the second time we've been to Funchal, Madeira. We took a Christmas cruise in 2014 and this was one of the stops. We took…
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Walking
Our last stop of the day was at the Madeira Wine Company. The bus parked and we had to walk a couple of blocks.
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Leaving
Our tourgroup is heading out!