Carreiros do Monte in #Madeira, Portugal. You can pay people in Monte to throw you down a long, steep street while you sit in a wicker basket/toboggan. No, they won't throw you down the street for free; you must pay for the privilege.
#Pentax K-S2 with smc DA★ 50–135mm @ 58mm, ƒ/7.1, 1/400 sec @ ISO 400. Converted to sepia in #affinityphoto
The „Santa Maria de Colombo“: a modern ‚old pirates boat‘ lying in the harbour of #Funchal.
It is going on tourist tours around the island of #Madeira nearly every day … or at elastic was.
The picture is from 2016. This year I haven’t seen it. 🤷♂️ #shipsaturday
Besides enjoying the coffee #Porter from #DoisCorvos myself, I even enjoy more being in a bar where nearly everyone - one person drinks a lager - is drinking a Porter. Coming from Germany where it is hard to get a Porter at all this is a great experience. Hooray for #Fugacidade at #Madeira! @beersofmastodon#craftbeer
I thought a life of driving the hills of #Yorkshire would have been good training for the #Madeira hills but: no. Narrow roads, usually with a car-destroying water gully seemingly 30cm away from your wheels at all times, constant severe up or down hill, regular hair pin turns - I rarely left 2nd gear. Sudden blinding fog and/or torrential rain. Hire car clutch was ragged. Also my first real time driving on the right. Great fun!
Not so bad if you stick to the tunnels but we were adventurous.
Spent the last week in #Madeira in an attempt to convince my brain not to completely hibernate this winter. It was an experiment as we've never done anything like a package or winter sun holiday before, and we mistimed it somewhat: the week before had been full sun every day, whereas we got clouds most days, and some HEAVY rain.
Still though, we got out and about everyday, so hopefully my eyes soaked up some rays.
This is, what girls admire boys for (or their statues): a big #cucumber in their shorts. 😆
(As a local newspaper was writing about that #statue of an international football heroe born on #Madeira 🙈)
Das ist, wofür Mädchen Jungs anhimmeln (oder deren Statuen): Eine dicke Gurke in ihrer Hose. 😆
(Wie eine lokale Zeitung bei Enthüllung über die Statue des internationalen Fußball-Helden schrieb, der auf Madeira geboren wurde. 🙈)