Funchal Flowers by Night

I can thoroughly recommend Rainwater (Blandys 3 year old). Oops - that will be in the next blog entry.

Madeira His and Hers

Strangeness on the Flight to Madeira

I don't know about you dear reader but I find it good to fly to a new place on the national carrier to gain some insight into the local culture*.
So far then 30 minutes into the flight, the Portugese physique is that of a disjointed plasticine pin man (thus rendering the life jacket useless) and the diet consists mainly of hot dogs...



*Some exceptions include Nigeria and Turkey

I'm Getting That Andre Feeling

My employer used to be a British company. It was then bought by a Texan outfit with a senior management line up that looked as though far too many pies had been consumed for quite a long time. Latterly it "merged" with another US corporation. Following the take over the pie people have sought opportunities elsewhere to eat pie. Meanwhile Andre beavers away awaiting pay cuts, travel expense freezes and, with luck, redundancy.

Bringing it up again

I do like eating keftedes.

Scenes of Athenian Horticulture

Cleaner Crucifixion

One of these suckers got the heave ho on Good Friday.