Passage to Spain

Well, I made it to one exhibition on Madeira, in the lovely village of Camacha. It was the wicker basket factory and store I visited and I even bought a laundry basket which fits nicely between the two doors in the aft cabin.


In the factory, two men were busy making the various wicker weavings but as far as I'm concerned, the technique is best used for making baskets. I don't really go for all the display stuff such as entire zoos, replicas of boats, which will founder instantly, and various quite useless wicker things.

It was a nice day with the sun out for a couple of hours, and I spent quite some time on a terrace with Dorian Gray, which I finished that evening. In the end, I thought it mostly good and although the style isn't really what I prefer, I did enjoy reading most of it. The annoying part is when an elaborate description is given of the collections Gray builds. After 5 pages of various types of cloth, jewels etc., I kind of gave up and skipped to the action.

My days alone are at an end today, with Ines arriving tomorrow morning and Spencer on Wednesday. The time has gone by much faster than expected, and certainly less tedious than in Póvoa. I walked along the Island a lot, and kept myself busy with the occasional coffee in a typical pastelaria.

But tomorrow we'll plan for Tenerife, a short trip South, and 7 months before we'll see Portugal again in the Azores.