Happy Sunday everyone! The rebirth of Spring reminded me of my last trip of 2020 to the island of Madeira. Madeira is known for its amazing rich flora. Even though it was the end of Summer when I visited, at the end of September, the atmosphere was still warm. I was immediately impressed by this, … Continue reading The Flora of the island of Madeira
Oh wow. It's been a big while since I last wrote here. Not sure what happened. I just stopped being inspired at some point. Even when writing the latest posts I felt I was doing it more for obligation than anything else. The reason why I started to write here about my trips in the … Continue reading Sights of Madeira: Ponta de S. Lourenço (I’m back)
The drive all the way to the North of the island have been made beneath clouds and rain. I knew the weather in the part of the island could be a little less shiny than in the south, where we were staying, but I was also expecting it to be more beautiful. I wasn’t wrong. … Continue reading Sights of Madeira: the blue lava pools of Porto Moniz
It is a very interesting and yet, a quite obvious metaphor, to name a waterfall. I had never thought that a waterfall could resemble the veil of a bride, but someone did, particularly for this one. The above photograph shows the waterfall from the official viewing point, but from Seixal beach, you also have a … Continue reading Sights of Madeira: the Bride’s Veil
Sometimes you find the unexpected. I would never dream that in a place where the weather is often considered tropical, so much that all kind of exotic flowers and fruits grow (there are bananas growing everywhere) I would find the kind of forest that, in my head, could only exist in the most northern part … Continue reading Sights of Madeira: finding the unexpected nordic forest
