Hello Madeira, hello vacation!

Left for our much needed vacation today. Official vacation. Caught our flight out of Gatwick and a lovely view of South England. A few hours later we landed safely at Funchal Airport. It felt great getting out of the plane and feeling the warmth of the air and catching the last rays of sunlight.

Here I snapped a photo while flying over Porto Santo. A small island just northwest of Madeira.

At the airport we picked up our rental car and drove our hotel which was located in the northwest of Madeira. Unfortunately it was already dark when we drove up to Santana so we didn't see much of the island but it all felt so incredibly quiet and calm.