Month: July 2014

At the beginning of this year a number of sources were confidently reporting that the major works along the seafront in the centre of Funchal would be completed “in time for summer” –and this blog reported optimistically on a sudden surge of activity a couple of months ago. ............  ...read more

Angel of Assicom Square

The blog’s Instagram site (link below) was started as an experiment – a small sub-site with exclusive photos reflecting the archipelago – but it has quickly become popular, gaining more and more followers. A recent photo (replicated opposite) immediately attracted a lot ............  ...read more

Exchange rate

The GB Pound has been inexorably rising over the last year – in fact improving pretty much consistently since it fell sharply at the end of 2012 after peaking in July of that year – the only other occasion in the last five years when it has been over €1.25

2014 tourism optimism

There are reports ............  ...read more