Val Roseg, Switzerland, March 2018
Madeira’s Coast
As mentioned in my hiking post about Madeira, this is not a place to lie on the beach and there is a reason for it. For the most part, there are no beaches and even on the few beaches that exist the waves are crazy and you don’t want to go swimming there. We went […]
Hiking Levadas in Madeira
Apart from seeing all the flowers, the main reason to visit the Portuguese island of Madeira is to go hiking, particularly along levadas, i.e. irrigation channels which bring water from the wetter regions of the island to the drier. On our last trip to Madeira 8 years ago we didn’t see much of the island […]
A Flight Over the Snowy Alps
We are big believers of giving experiences as gifts, and for my last birthday I was excited when I opened my envelope and pulled out a voucher for a flight with a Junkers Ju 52. This plane flies regularly over our house and when we hear the loud engines come closer, we stop to watch […]