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27 July 2008
Rented a car and drove to Monte, a tiny village in the hills above Funchal, famous for its lush gardens.
Renate being one with nature ^^
True beauty is rare but I can safely say I've found it... ...in this flower :shady:
Our tiny car. Isn't it cute? Looks like a lingonberry. Also its small engine made it impossible to drive up the sepentine roads in anything but second gear xD
A birdie at the viewpoint (which was engulfed in clouds)
A typical Madeiran countryside. The small huts are for a cow or goat and the owner walks there every day with fresh hay and water.
In Santana there were some sort of festival going on. I've never seen so many flowers in one place before o.o
After hours of searching we finally discovered the famous A-houses by accident while driving out of the city xD
After eating dinner at a fancy restaurant (superyummy peppersteak, not quite as yummy espada (local fish)) we saw this gorgeous view. Renate is trying to take it all in by standing as close to it as p
After eating we hurried back to Pico do Arieiro to catch the setting sun. Unfortunately we were a bit late but it was still a gorgeous view from the top <3
1818 meters were high enough to get over the clouds which we were really happy about ^^
High above the clouds
The light quickly faded but that doesn't matter when you have a tripod!
After doing a little posing for the camera some guys with lots of weird equipment showed up and told us that it wasn't allowed to be there at night and that the light from the torch might make the rar
The light from the cities under the clouds made them look like hot metal, cool stuff!
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