Monday, January 12, 2009

Madeira: 30 degrees to start the new year

To celebrate the new year and our hangover we decided to have a quiet day. We went to Praia Formosa and walked the Promenade. Basically it's a sidewalk that connects Câmara de Lobos to Lido crossing around five beaches.We didn't want to walk the whole thing so we only did the road from Praia Formosa until Lido. Sun, sea, palm trees...Perfect, hun?

Two days after the storm, the sea was still rough. On the third day we went on a calm boat trip...

Portuguese life is hard...

Some expressed their happiness about the weather more than others.

This is a house built in a cave/rock. There are people still living here in Praia Formosa. When I was a kid I was told it was because they were poor, in the meantime they managed to have gardens, colors, vegetable gardens, banana trees etc but I'm guessing they don't have running water.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

i'm sure building regs would have something to say about their staircase!