After what seems like months of waiting the day finally arrived for us to set forth for the Portuguese island of Madeira. Its long been my ambition to visit the country where the cakes are grown and see them in their natural environment 😊
We drove down to Gatwick on Friday afternoon, what a horrendous journey. The airport is nice but I hope we never have to fly from there again!! Once we finally arrived, we checked into our hotel and headed out to dinner at Ye Olde Six Bells. Dinner was nice, but the pub was extremely busy and service was poor. But we needed to eat, and it filled the gap.
On Saturday we checked out, and headed to the airport. At last it was time to go! The flight took around three and a half hours and we landed in Funchal's Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport. Yes, its really called that!! Our transfer driver was waiting for us, and whisked us off to our hotel - the Golden Residence. It was everything I had hoped it would be, a lovely place for our stay. The hotel was set in 3 blocks, built on the side of a hill. We were in the block overlooking the sea, which gave us a nice view. The room was large, with a balcony where we could sit out and gaze at the ocean.
Once we'd dropped our bags in our room, we headed off to find the Sunseterrace, which turned out to be just around the corner. Lovely place to watch the sunset, which is exactly what we did over a dinner of cheese toasties and chips, and copious amounts of sangria. Extremely cheap and absolutely delightful. You can keep fine dining, this was just perfect!
Within a very short time, we had fallen in love with this tiny dot in the Atlantic Ocean. We headed back to the hotel and bed, excited about the adventures that lay ahead!
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