Neptuno Cafe and my Internet connections.

Thought I had published a post this afternoon from the hotel computer but it appears to have gone astray.

We are back over at the cafe Neptuno, to see our ladies again and sort this blog out - they really are very pleasant and make us feel welcome.

This morning we took the local bur along to Funchal and then had a thrilling ride up the mountain in the cable car. It takes just about twenty minutes each we with some breathtaking views over the City which is a lot bigger than we had expected. the cable car runs right over the tops of houses so you have birds eye view of the occupants, talk about being in a gold fish bowl - It must be awful at the weend or evening to be sitting there with all the gondolas passing overhead.

the Botanic gardens are superp, set into a cliff top at the top of a valley - then you have the choice of the cable car back again or on a toboggan steered by two men - It cost 25 Euros to go down and you only go half way , so as we had our return tickets we took the ariel trip. a couple from the hotel took the taboggan and said it a bit hairy for the first few bends then it calmed down - but i would hate to meet a motor on the hairpin bends.

Wandered artound the City centre, markets, etc, before taking the bus back to the Hotel Fawlty Towers)
It was very very hot this afternoon , much more that the predicted 25 C - staff thought it was maybe around 32 C.

Anyway, now just cooling down , 9.30 p.m.

Not sure how I managed to get MIri's photo in here, but I am sure that Grant and Yvonne will appreciate seeing their baby again.

Time to finish my cuppa.