All pictures © Bill Osborne 2008
last updated Feb 26 2010 09:16ET
.jpg "Mum and Dad in Funchal")
.jpg "Mum and Dad still in Funchal")
.jpg "Funchal Christmas Lights")
.jpg "Funchal Christmas Lights")
.jpg "Funchal Christmas Nativity")
.jpg "Funchal City -very hilly!")
.jpg "Funicular over Funchal")
.jpg "Famous Funchal Flowers")
.jpg "This is a bank Building in Funchal")
.jpg "Funchal Fountain decorated for Christmas")
.jpg "Funchal Christmas Angel in the cathedral square")
.jpg "Funchal Christmas Lights")
.jpg "Funchal Christmas Lights")
.jpg "Funchal Christmas Lights")
.jpg "Funchal Christmas Lights")
.jpg "Funchal Christmas Lights")
.jpg "Funchal Christmas Lights")
.jpg "Funchal Christmas Lights")
.jpg "Funchal Christmas Lights")
.jpg "Funchal Christmas Lights")
.jpg "Funchal Christmas Lights")
.jpg "Funchal Christmas Lights")
.jpg "Funchal Christmas Lights")
.jpg "Funchal Christmas Lights")
.jpg "Funchal Christmas Lights")
.jpg "Funchal Christmas Lights")
.jpg "Funchal Christmas Lights")
.jpg "Funchal Christmas Lights")
.jpg "Funchal Christmas Lights")
.jpg "Funchal Christmas Lights")
.jpg "Funchal Christmas Lights")
.jpg "Mum and Dad in the Lavender Gardens in the Jardim Monte (mountain Garden)")
.jpg "Mum, Dad and Heather in Monte (not our hotel...)")
.jpg "Considering the stairs...")
.jpg "Heather halfway up the stairs, Monte.")
.jpg "In the church at the top of the stairs")
.jpg "As a pilgrim, you would climb on your knees...")
.jpg "View of Church from the Monte Garden")
.jpg "View of Funchal through the Garden Trees")
.jpg "Chinese pavilion in Monte Garden")
.jpg "The water garden, Monte")
.jpg "Funicular down to Funchal")
.jpg "View down to Funchal from the funicular")
.jpg "Which Heather tries to ignore")
.jpg "Relaxed? Moi!? Of course!")
.jpg "Town of Camara de Lobo near Funchal")
.jpg "General view of the hillside houses")
.jpg "View from Cabo Girao..")
.jpg "View down from Cabo Girao")
.jpg "The highest sea cliffs in Europe")
.jpg "Tunnel under the centre of madeira")
.jpg "Mum and Dad at the levadas, on top of the plateau")
.jpg "At Porto Muniz, for Lunch")
.jpg "Typical costal scenery")
.jpg "Funchal Mercado dos Lavradores (Labourers market)")
.jpg "Local Produce in the market")
.jpg "Funchal Flowers")
.jpg "In the Market")
.jpg "Black Scabbard Fish (Espada Negra)")
.jpg "In the Market")
.jpg "Azulejos in the market")
.jpg "Dusk at the market")
.jpg "Typical back street")
.jpg "preparing the local bread")
.jpg "More Funchal Christmas lights")
.jpg "More Funchal Christmas lights")
.jpg "More Funchal Christmas lights")
.jpg "More Funchal Christmas lights -sugar cane")
.jpg "More Funchal Christmas lights")
.jpg "Madeira Flower")
.jpg "Madeira Flag")
.jpg "At the Beerhouse!")
.jpg "The old Fort, Funchal")
.jpg "Funchal Old town")
.jpg "Funchal Old town")
.jpg "View of the sea cliffs from Funchal Old town")
.jpg "Church of Sao Tiago, Funchal old town")
.jpg "Madeira wine in the barrel.")
.jpg "Aging the wine")
.jpg "The original accounts...")
.jpg "The library...")
.jpg "Original wine press")
.jpg "Madeira")
.jpg "The new fort, Funchal")
.jpg "View of Funchal from the west")
.jpg "Towards Reid's hotel")
.jpg "Tea at Reid's")
.jpg "Christmas Tree at Reid's Hotel")
.jpg "Mum presents......view of Funchal from Reid's")