Making friends in Madeira: stray peacocks and a family of donkeys

Our first adventure in Madeira nearly ended with me throwing up in a stranger’s car, yet it was still better than the alternative of having to spend the entire night stranded in a remote, dark wilderness.

The journey started by taking the cable car to the top of Funchal towards an area called Monte. It was a fairly clear day so once we made it to the top, we caught a nice glimpse of the city at our feet. This must have been either our second or third weekend on the island and it was the day after the clocks were moved back an hour. The same morning we had joined a group workout organized by the nomad community on the seaside which reminded me how much I am not a HIIT workout person. Because of the workout and many other delays (laziness to some extent), we started the day quite late.