We finally made landfall today in Madiera, a Portugese island off the coast of north Africa. The climate is mild and there are beautiful flowers everywhere. We did not see any signs of poverty. Just a middle-class society.
There are eyeglass stores everywhere, mostly designer stuff. I guess they never heard of contact lenses. It was a lovely day. We toured the island and of course, found an internet connection and clean bathrooms at McDonalds. Nothing unusual there.
Dinner and the show tonight were both fabulous. No zumba class tomorrow so we will sleep late. Yippee! Calm seas and mild weather. Doesn't get much better.
Approaching Lisbon
A day at sea. We slept late, played canasta and will celebrate our anniversary tonight with a fancy dinner in one of the specialty restaurants with our great friends and travelling companions, Eileen and Steve. They have been so good putting up with Jerry's jokes and craziness. Not too many people have the guts to travel with us and they have been absolutely fabulous and we love them.
Tomorrow we land in Lisbon at noon and it's off for a tour of the city and perhaps to purchase some beautiful ceramic tiles if he lets me near the stores.
Our dear friends took us out for our anniversary tonight at Tuscan Grille. It was a fabulous meal. We ate like pigs and waddled down to our rooms to get ready for tomorrow's port stop. The show was excellent too and so far everything has been wonderful. It is going by too quickly. It always does. It is so nice to enjoy a trip like this with such good friends. They make it that much better!
I had an expresso and chocolate for dessert. I guess I will be up and bouncing off the walls for the rest of the night.
Tomorrow it is on to Lisbon!
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