Disembark at
Funchal, Madeira/Carlos Pueblo
After two
week’s navigation, the ship arrived at the port of Funchal
on the west
coast of Portugal. Funchal is the capital city of Madeira,
an autonomous
region of Portugal. It is a very pretty European city
indeed.
City
downtown and the port are adjacent to each other with steps
uphill. I
was attracted by the gardens, two of them inside downtown
area and I
checked the internet dictionary more than 10 more in the
islands. Varies
of spring flowers were in the buckets and hung on the
streets,
balconies, under the eaves, and low walls on the sides of the
houses. This
is a beginning of European scenery.
On the first
city garden nearby downtown shopping area and cathedral,
the spring
flowers were blooming, pedal with white stripes of amaryllis,
roses, and
many kinds of tree flowers which we transplanted to Houston
household. I
have enjoy taken many pictures for my review in later day
at home. I
like an inspector and may be the only one taking so many
pictures
like no more opportunity in the future. Most of the flowers are
mixed in the
small garden to show the excellent of combination.
I continue
to walk toward the second garden park across a big traffic
circle,
again, the fountain is surrounded by another narrow flower bed
with yellow
flowers on it. I was busily taking photos while the passing
vehicles
were making circle and turned to four different direction. The
large park
with many gardens are on the hill and you can overview the
bay and
nearby islands of Madeira. I like roses and there are many of
different
colors of them, it is one of the best rose gardens which I have
visited in
the world.
Many
passengers walked back to the ship early to have late lunch on
the ship.
This was almost at the end of my ocean travel and I was anxious
to start my
land journey in Europe.
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