Monday, June 01, 2026

Madeira - Part II


While in Funchal, Madeira last week we paid a visit to our favourite little bar in town, the beers were up to scratch and the mexican inspired food on point, pictured above is a tasty West Coast IPA from Spanish brewers Garage (Barcelona) if only we had a venue with a similar offering in our home town.

The hotel we stayed in had some old photographs on the wall, apparently back in the 50s the geezer above visited the place, he knew the family that owned the establishment and came here to Madeira a couple of times to partake in his hobby of oil painting. There's quite a bit of Churchill memorabilia around the place, a nice little money spinner for the locals!


There are some exotic looking plants on the island, I snapped the ones above while walking around the hotel gardens, interestingly the same flower is depicted on some of the chinaware used in the hotel, tea pots and saucers etc.. No idea what it's called but it certainly looks the part!

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