Azores to Madeira - September 12

We were up at 6:00, had breakfast at 7:00 and left for the Ponta Delgada airport at 7:30.  We zipped through ticketing and security.  We rendezvoused with our group from New Bedford Whaling Museum and New Bedford Chamber of Commerce who had just arrived on the night flight from Boston.  

At 9:30 we boarded the flight to Madeira...

...arriving there two hours later.

We are staying at the Four Views Monumental in the Lido section of Funchal.

We wandered around a bit, picked up some provisions for our room since we will be here for a week, then joined our group for an early dinner.  After dinner some of us sat out by the pool for a while before calling it a night.

We leave on our first tour tomorrow at 9:00 AM.