Madeira, Machico, Moby Dick and More!

Published: Aug. 24, 2021, 3:29 p.m.

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Diann reports on her first 2 weeks as a resident of Portugal. Starting with Madeira Island, she discusses the village of Machico and how it got its name in 1419, the filming of the 1956 "Moby Dick" movie off the shores of northeastern Madeira Island, and the challenging adjustments to living in a new culture.\\xa0

Madeira Island

View of Madeira Island

Machico Church - listen to those bells!

Church of Machico

Machico Beach:

Whalers of Madeira. Museu da BaleiaWhalers of Madeira

Streets surfaces on Madeira that Diann discussed:

My first apartment in Canico.

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The introduction and conclusion music is by Rafael Javadov, "The Amelia Island Sun."

Interlude music is "Tiny People" by Alexei De Bronhe.

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