We’re late into Madeira. So that sort of blows our plans of going out for lunch to have some Espada – the ugly, but oh so great tasting, specialty here in Funchal. The rough seas have slowed us down, so we will arrive at 1:30 and still leave at 7:00. Oh well. Up to the buffet for lunch we go.
We arrive at 1:30 and are off the ship by 2:00. The town has provided shuttles to the downtown area for us – a first here in Funchal. We hop on the first shuttle and arrive at the pedestrian street by the theater in a flash. Now it is wandering time.
It’s a gorgeous day – sunny and warm, so wandering is perfect! We head down to the main market area, window shopping and watching the people. The Thompson Majesty is also in port and the town is hopping busy! CPS is working properly and we get to the market perfectly, unfortunately the fish market is finished and there isn’t much there to see. We do manage to stumble on a butcher shop and buy some of the Portuguese sausages we love for the room. Great snacks for our crossing!
We hit a couple of shoe stores – this is where I got my great boots last time – but no luck this trip. Motorcycle style is obvious in vogue here. Ick – not to my liking. Will just search when we get home since I really don’t know exactly what I want anyhow.
Next stop the grocery store, where we stock up on more sausages and Coke Zero. At a little less than 1 Euro each, a much better buy than on board. By now, we’re sort of done, so we just slowly head back toward the ship, stopping at the Café Teatro for a beverage and wifi. Wifi is suspect, too many people on it and it takes forever to log on – but eventually we do and I download a book on the kindle (since I tried on the ship and almost couldn’t log out – horrors!!).
After our little break, we choose to walk back to the ship. It’s just too pretty to get back on a bus and ride – plus it’s a nice walk along the harbor.
Back aboard – we get prepared for our long – and possibly rocky journey to New York City!
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