Day 3

Day 3 - shopping! (yeah I wish..)

Today we went to Funchal which is the capital of Madeira. There we went to what was supposed to be the most wonderful market of the world according to the manager of the hotel. Well.. when we entered I almost vomited because of the horrible fish-stench! It was a big hall where they sold freshly caught fish. Which meant they cleaned it and all right in front of your nose. I don't like fish, not as in food not as in laying dead on a table in front of me.. so that was far from wonderful.. but then we went through a hallway and got in a very pretty market place with tiny shops with fruits and vegetables and traditional baskets, cloths and clothing (and a free WiFi-zone yay!) It was lovely there! Tried the most unthinkable tropical fruits and they tasted amazing! I tried a banananas (I can't remember how the locals called it..) which is a banana and a pineapple at the same time. It has the shape of a banana, the texture of a pineapple, the taste is a combination of the two. Might sound gross but it tastes really good!

After that we went up the mountain by cable-car, amazing view!

Up there we went to see a the botanical garden from some emperor.. anyway, was beautiful! Pretty flowers, waterfalls, ponds, bridges, it had everything! Besides, it had so many small pass ways through trees and climbing between rocks, really exciting for a girl like me xD

When we were down again we went to a cathedral, really pretty but have seen more impressive ones..

Oh! And I did buy new shoes! Or sandals.. don't know what to call it.. but.they're silver and really pretty and walk sooo good!

And in the evening we learned how to make Poncha. That's a traditional drink to get warm really really fast. It has 45% alcohol! It contains bee honey, lemon juice, and sugar-cane rum with 55%alcohol. It tasted pretty good! Not alcoholic at all!

And the boy who did the presentation was sooo cute.. *giggle*

From the cable car up to Monte where we went to a Botanic Garden that once belonged to some emperor..
Yeah.. we're heading to the clouds I know..
Wasn't cold though!

In Monte looking down from a platform.

In Monte, I called this "The wamping Willow"
It looked so much alike xD

The whole garden was in a (sort of) Japanese style.
But they had fake TerraCotta Army statues..
Last time I checked that was chinese..

Just some other pictures from Monte. Was really beautiful there!
My brother and me did a lot of climbing and crawling through narrow paths or jumping through waterfalls, stepping stones in the water, climbing up to a small little funny castle, feeding Japanese fish. Lots of fun!

These ran around the appartments and hotel at night and in the early morning.
Very fast and very scary. Even my dad gets spooked every time he sees one.
We called them Hairy Harry's.. Though they weren't really hairy so I didn't get it.. =']