My travel in Europe:
Madeira, a Portuguese island, 2019

Content:

• Day 1: First day in Funchal
• Day 2: Madeira Botanical Garden and Cathedral of Funchal
• Day 3: Monte palace Tropical Garden and fortress Santiago
• Day 4: Western Coast of Funchal
• Day 5: Santa Cruz
• Day 6: Old Funchal and Fortress
• Day 7: Big cruiser in harbor
• Day 8: Last walk and then flight home

Day VII, Big cruiser in harbor:

The seventh day, nothing special planned for today, but when looking out from the balcony I saw something interesting.

Google Map over today visits:

Funchal:

From the balcony I saw something new, a big cruiser has anchored in Funchal. Maybe this is the big ship I heard rumors about. Now I know what to do today.

Really big cruiser, I can now see the name, AIDA Nova. Google for information and found this:

At Wikipedia you find more information about AIDA Nova:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ AIDAnova (AIDA Nova, Wikipedia)

It has a length of 337 meters and take 6600 passengers, very big, must be one of the biggest in the world.

I decided to take a walk out on the pier to have the sun from a better direction for photos. Along the street I found this, a trike. I have seen them driving around in the town, now I can have a closer look.

CR7 museum:

Next there is this house, part of it it's a museum.

The CR7 museum that we had read about, now I understand, it's a soccer museum.

At Wikipedia you find more information about CR7:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Museu CR7 (Museu CR7, Wikipedia)

A whole in the building let me have a glimpse to the Catarina Park.

Ship AIDA Nova:

Now I'm out on the pier, the ship to the left is of normal size.

What a massive impression, Big ship!

Tiny ship!

The ship has a size like a small town with 6600 livings, together with crew almost 10000.

When leaving the pier I walk up to the hill where the park Catarina is. From here I see the two fortress out on the pier. The one to the right has the name, Fort Saint-Joseph.

I have only found a Portuguese site on Wikipedia about the fort:

• https://pt.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Forte Sao Jose (Forte Sao Jose, Wikipedia)

Parque de Santa Catarina:

Walk through the park Catarina once again, but this time more to the coast side. I found this strange looking building, look like something in the Star Wars movies. It's a casino.

More to read about Casino da Madeira at Wikipedia:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Casino da Madeira (Casino da Madeira, Wikipedia)

A last look at the ship before going back to town.

Blandy's Wine Lodge:

On the Eastern side of the park Jardim Municipal do Funchal there is a vine museum. Blandy's Wine Lodge.

More information about Blandy's Wine Lodge:

• http://www.blandys winelodge.com/ (Blandy's Wine Lodge)

Sao Lourenco Palace:

I never visited this palace, maybe something I should have done.

More information about Sao Lourenco Palac, in Portuguese:

• https://cs.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Pevnost palac Sao Lourenco (Sao Lourenco Palac, Wikipedia)