On our last full day, we decided to take the bus into Funchal again and go to the Museum of Sacred Art. After our usual breakfast (the 3 minute boiled egg was still hard), we walked down to the bus stop and waited about 12 minutes. We took a bus to the sea front and got off near the cathedral.
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| A beautiful collection of silverware |
We walked uphill slightly to the
Museum of Sacred Art and paid to enter. We saw some very nice artworks from the 16th century and later, including a wonderful collection of Portuguese silverware. The Flemish art featured early religious works including a Last Supper sculpture and many paintings of saints.
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| Judas looking a bit shifty |
We spent an hour there and then walked down to the square Praco de Municipo to have a coffee, and then went onto one of the two piers for a beer. It was nice to sit in the sun. We headed back to the hotel again by taxi and had lunch by the pool, served from the pool bar. We were the only customers. We each had a toasted tuna sandwich and another beer.
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| The Descent from the Cross |
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| We had a lot of this Portuguese wine |
We returned to our room to rest a bit and then pack. I took my book Death at the Seaside to add to the library collection. We had a glass of Madeira in the bar - quite dry. At dinner I chose soup again, tapas salad with broad beans, scabbard fish, chips and then a beef skewer. I also tried a couple of cheeses. No cake today. We shared a bottle of Serras de Azeitao.
