trip to Madeira, Portugal, Spain

In June 2004, Kathleen E. Davis and David G. Lanoue traveled...

Stayed for two weeks in the "House of the Artist" in Machico on Madeira Island, hosted by the Ministry of Culture.

Kathleen

our neighborhood, Machico

David at Bahia d'Abra

Bahia d'Abra

In Madeira's big city, Funchal.

The House of the Artist comes complete with its own chapel of Saint Cristopher.

Writing in the kitchen

Writing in the garden

relaxing in Machicho

Maria Piedad, the housekeeper, and Kathleen

Riding the cable car in Funchal

Nuno Duarte Souto Nobrega, owner of Restaurante São Cristovão in Machico, fed us well.

Our friend Nuno also supplied plenty of good Madeiran beer.

Hiking along the Machicho levada: a narrow path alongside the irrigation channel

levada

touring the island

Making poncha

Enjoying poncha with our hostess from the Ministry of Culture, Lucia Galhardo

Chapel of Bones, Évora, Portugal

Chapel of Bones

Chapel of Bones

Roman temple, Évora, Portugal

Deliciousness in Madrid

Fanning with her new abanico

Hotel room, Lisbon

View from the castle, Lisbon

Happy travelers

Photographs by David G. Lanoue and Kathleen Davis

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