• From abroad,  Madeira

    Getting around Funchal and Madeira

    When talking about transport in Madeira, I have to start with airplanes, and let me stop here for a while. Our flight to Madeira was our first flight after literally decades and when our tour guide heard that, she laughed, telling us that we chose a great flight to start with. As we understood and later experienced, the landing is not easy on the island as the planes have to manage a sharp turn at low altitude just before landing and then they face quite unpredictable windy conditions. One day we were watching the planes and we saw one of the planes bump quite significantly before fully landing. We also…