Road trip in Madeira,Portugal

Our second day in Madeira, we visited the produce market – Mercado dos Lavradores – in Funchal.

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Madeira, Portugal

I’m not a fan of bumpy flights nor do I fancy getting stuck on an island due to a storm, unable to fly out for days. Truth be told, had I known that the Madeira airport was listed as one of the most alarming airplane landings in the world, I would have picked another destination for our spring holiday.

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 The Blumental Panorama Walk, Switzerland

The morning before heading back to Zurich, we wanted to do a repeat of “the Best Hike” – we’ve done – at the Bernese Oberland. We didn’t have a lot of time so we picked a shorter version of the Northface Trail, also known as the Blumental Panorama Walk. Blumen in German means Flowers, so consequently we saw many wildflowers on this walk.

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Hiking to Mönchsjochhütte, Switzerland

After our easy and beautiful hike to Kleine Scheidegg, we stepped into the Junfrau Railway station to get our tickets to Jungfraujoch – Top of Europe. As with the hike, I’ve done the same nine years ago. Only then the place wasn’t as busy as it is now.

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