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.
Madeira Island
Machico Church - listen to those bells!
Machico Beach:
Whalers of Madeira. Museu da Baleia
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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