8th June 2014
Sunday and our last day on Madeira
for exploring. We took a local yellow bus to the downtown terminus stop which
happens to be at the Cable Car / Museum area.
Since we’d already had a ride in the cable car it was time to hop into
the museum to find out the historu of Madeira.
It’s a small visitor centre which doesn’t disappoint someone like me who enjoys
reading wall displayed information. The presentation is newish and very clearly
displayed in four main languages, the colour coding easy to follow.
I enjoyed my hour or so ambling around absorbing the
information. After that we walked around the local cobbled streets – a bit sore
on the espadrilles – but great to see the 'older' architecture.
Doors are entry points to what is concealed behind them and
are generally quite boring. NOT on the central streets of Madeira.
How recent the innovation is, I don’t know, but it seems common to ‘paint’ your
door in such a way that it both entertains and enlightens the old street and,
in some places, crumbling buildings.
They may not all be eminent works of art, but they did take some
creating.
These are only a few of the selection...
Slainthe!
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