Madeira island

Sunday 11 January 2009

Location: Maribor, Slovenia; Vienna, Austria; Lisbon, Portugal

I flew with Sky Europe from Vienna to Lisbon and stayed at the Lisbon airport over night – waiting for my morning flight.

Monday 12 January 2009

Location: Funchal, Portugal

I was all nervous on the plane, because it’s supposed to be hard to land on Madeira since the path is really narrow, but in the end no one threw up like on my brother’s flight.

My brother Jani is on Madeira as an Erasmus student and he came to pick me up at the bus station in the capital city of Madeira – Funchal. I tried typical dish espetada – normally it’s beef on a spit.

Tuesday 13 January 2009

Location: Funchal, Portugal; Portella, Portugal

Me and some of Jani’s Erasmus friends went on a 3-hour levada walk to Portella. This one was a bit abandoned, but even more beautiful in a way. At the end we drank Poncha, typical drink for Madeira normally with fruit juice, aguardente and honey. Quite strong and yummy! After coming back I tried another typical thing – Bolo do caco.

Wednesday 14 January 2009

Location: Funchal, Portugal

I had a shopping day and in the evening Jani and his slovenian flatmate Katja made us a home meal – beef soup, Wiener Schnitzel, mashed potatoes, green salad and pancaces :)

Thursday 15 January 2009

Location: Funchal, Portugal; Cabo Girão; Ponta do Sol; Calheta; Jardim do Mar; Ponta do Pargo; Porto Moniz; São Vicente

We rented a car and got a really good price – 31 € with ensurance and extra driver. We drove around the west part of the island – Cabo Girão, Ponta do Sol, Calheta, Jardim do Mar, Ponta do Pargo, Porto Moniz, São Vicente and then we made a final stop to drink Poncha again. In the late evening we met with Jani’s Portugese friends and had dinner outside.

Friday 16 January 2009

Location: Funchal, Portugal; Ponta de São Lourenzo; Porto da Cruz; Santana

Two Portugese guys Fredy and Emanuel took us around East part of Madeira – first to the most eastern part of Madeira (Ponta de São Lourenzo), then to Porto da Cruz and finally to Santana where all the cute houses are.

Saturday 17 January 2009

Location: Funchal, Portugal; Lisbon, Portugal

Packing and flying to Lisbon…

...the trip continues... (Part 2)

Here are some photos from Madeira:

photos by me and Jani

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