MSC Sinfonia – Day 7 – Funchal, Madeira

24 Nov 07
Arriving by 0800, Funchal on the

Madeira Island is the city of the day. Tomorrow we will be in the Canaries, stopping atTenerife. Following that, we will be at sea for six days.
madeiramap31.JPGMadeira Island

Travel

We pulled into Madeira while it was still dark with the moon hanging in the sky
Madeira IslandMadeira Island

Debarking early, we spent a wonderful day playing tourist, leaving me free to take hundreds of digital pictures of Funchal from the streets, cable car and a short bus tour. City, harbour, a lonely Hapsburg and plants – this is a city of mild temperatures.
City of Funchal City of Funchal

City of Funchal City of Funchal
City of Funchal City of Funchal

Cable carring up to the top – Cliffs

Flora and Fauna
Vogel

Old ships, newer ships and a German ship with a sense of humour (The Diva).
Long Ship

We ended our tour at the old city next to the harbour. City of Funchal City of Funchal
Leaving me only the question of – Who is Jamie Monez?

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Knitting

Back to Rivendell.
 Rivendell

Audio Books

Flashback by Nevada Barr on the MP3 player.

Magic Kingdom for Sale (Sold) by Terry Brooks on the computer.
 -Holly

Rainbow

About Holly

fiber person - knitter, spinner, weaver who spent 33 years being a military officer to fund the above. And home. And family. Sewing and quilting projects are also in the stash. After living again in Heidelberg after retiring (finally) from the U.S. Army May 2011, we moved to the US ~ Dec 2015. Something about being over 65 and access to health care. It also might have had to do with finding a buyer for our house. Allegedly this will provide me a home base in the same country as our four adult children, all of whom I adore, so that I can drive them totally insane. Considerations of time to knit down the stash…(right, and if you believe that…) and spin and .... There is now actually enough time to do a bit of consulting, editing. Even more amazing - we have only one household again. As long as everyone understands that I still, 40 years into our marriage, don't do kitchens or bathrooms. For that matter, not being a golden retriever, I don't do slippers or newspapers either. I don’t miss either the military or full-time clinical practice. Limiting my public health/travel med/consulting and lecturing to “when I feel like it” has let me happily spend my pension cruising, stash enhancing (oops), arguing with the DH about where we are going to travel next and book buying. Life is good!
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