A Day in Madeira and Then Out to Sea for Our Atlantic Crossing Feature Article Discussion Forum

Our day began with room service breakfast, a special order of eggs Benedict, sausage and bacon. Then we enjoyed the views as our ship pulled into port at Funchal Madeira. Docking was a bit of confusion with the construction going on in the Funchal port. They are building a huge terminal so it really left only one spot for our large ship to dock. The other ship that was in port today, the Aida Luna was slightly smaller and it was able to dock at the new town side dock. We docked on the far side it meant a two mile walk into town.
Once in town we headed to a couple of the gifts shops we had visited last year. First we had to replace my son’s Madeira House snow globe that I broke last year, and then we picke up a few t-shirts and nick nacks. We walked down the street to some of the other shops that were open on a Sunday and found a Madeira made pancho for me and an Madeiran embroidered circle linen that I will put out at Christmas time. We also bought some Madeira wine and a cookbook that utilizes the Madeira wine in many of the recipes. From there it was a quick trip by some of the in town gardens and the waterfront area where we had lovely views of the ship and back onboard. …