Approaching Cloud, Pico do Areeiro

Under Arrest, Funchal, Madeira

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April 3rd 2008
Well, day two under arrest was a bit of a waste of time. Essentially, we were given one extension after another, typically of a couple of hours which did not give us long enough to do anything until the evening when we went out again to Câmara de Lobos. However, this time we went to the fish restaurant (there was meat for M) two doors down and owned by the same guy who had the meat place we ate a ... 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