Lunch - octopus sandwich?

Monte and the Botanic Gardens of Funchal

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October 12th 2022
Wednesday October 12– I had a very relaxed start to the day. I stayed in bed until 8am, made eggs for breakfast, planned to start an essay I have to write (but didn’t), read my book, and just generally did nothing in the morning waiting for the expected downpour to start. That did not happen. Eventually, I decided it was not likely to rain and was in fact sunny, so I left the apartment arou ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Madeira » Funchal

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more