As expected, last night the state of emergency was declared in Portugal, including the autonomous regions of Madeira and Açores. Today, we really were expecting heavy measures and further restrictions, but fortunately, for now, there haven’t been any that weren’t already in place. Compulsory quarantine for people disembarking from abroad, including the Portuguese mainland, stays…
Category: gossip and chit-chat
just gossip, nonsense of general chit-chat.
fire in Madeira
The last two days were somewhat scary. Criminals have – for the umpteenth time – started forest fires in Madeira. Little can be said about the motives. But angry tongues do say that there are companies on Madeira that make a lot of money by repairing damage caused by fire. And when they say to…
Happy 2020 with the Funchal Fireworks!
With the spectacular Funchal fireworks of last night, we wish you all a fantastic 2020. May it bring you everything you hope for! Like last year and many years before, we like to celebrate New Years Eve en the arrival of the new year with a nice dinner with friends in Reataurante Miradouro, well positioned…
Madeira Flight Cancellations
Of course, everyone who frequently has to fly to an island destination like Madeira knows that there is such a thing as Madeira Flight Cancellations. Not pleasant, but this is a mountainous island and, coming from the wrong direction, it takes only about 18 knots, that is a low Force 5, to prevent planes from…
Just another lemon tree
The lemon tree in the back garden of our house has surpassed itself this year. The harvest was absurdly rich, how many lemons can a man have in one winter. The biggest problem is the height of the tree, everything that hangs at the top is inaccessible. Unless the tree is severely pruned, so that…
Leaving (Madeira) on a jet plane
And then, before you know it, the winter on Madeira is already over and you’ll be at o-dark-30 at the airport where the plane is ready to take you to the cold north. Leaving on a Jet Plane comes to mind. We are leaving Madeira for summer. We’re always struggling to get away, but we…
