Madeira - An Island of Beauty

This years holiday took us to Madeira an island of exquisite beauty so rare having a history rolling back decades raising its inhabitants looking so fair Columbus himself stepped on this land before heading west, America to find UK's war leader Churchill came to paint loving the peaceful place W.C. signed The capital Funchal truly majestic a city with its own story centre three dimensional shown all its history richly blessed what could be better? This island has indeed such a nice climate throughout the year its warmth varies little making its tourism of such high regard it's an important priority no matter how brittle The mountains and greenery so luscious looking down on its boisterous sea as well as its winds which do vary even the aeroplane bows to freely agree What a picture this land paints with all its wine, fish and its fruit all this excellence must be tasted such richness grows at its very root (Reflections of a recent holiday spent on the lovely island of Madeira near Portugal.)