Today was spent out on the open sea. Well, the most memorable part of it was. After my morning walk, I got back to a trip into Funchal. We had breakfast in a little cafe where we tried some Portugese pastries and then the kids went shopping with my wife while I had a little walk in the city. The kids loved the birds in the shop they were in but both were looking forwards to our planned trip to see dolphins.
The outing was also marketed as an opportunity to see whales, but a German lady with us told us that this is not the best time to see them. In fact we almost did not see any dolphins, but we got lucky. However, the kids loved the experience of being on a boat as we traveled out into the Atlantic. My wife and I have seen dolphins in the wild, but this was when we had travelled to Bali, in a time before children. Those dolphins were a lot more acrobatic than these and jumped out of the water, not that we have any evidence, other than a picture of a tail! But if you look closely, you can make out the dolphins here.
Anyway I type this as we listen to Karaoke in the hotel lobby on our last night on the island. I would be happy to return and am glad we came back to show the kids the island.
