OK, it is done. We have a car from Budget
(34 euro per day) that we pick up at the airport at 11:30 on Saturday. We get to the hotel about noon and drop off our stuff and then will drive around and see the sights of the island.

The next morning we will be up early to wave to y'all as you sail into port. After breakfast we will take the cable car up to Monte and either the cable car back or come down on the toboggan :eek: and then walk around town.

Then we will head to the ship about 11:00 and drop off Diana and the bags while I drive the rental car back to the Budget office in town. I wonder if they'll let us on that early?

We will have lunch onboard ship and of course our champagne and then walk back into town for some more of the sights.

I would love to take the Blandy's Madeira Wine Tour, which looks really interesting, but I don't think they have it on Sundays. I have to check into that. They have some vintage wines there that date all the way back to 1878. That particular one was aged in the cask for 106 years and bottled in 1984. The best however is supposed to be the 1908 Vintage aged 86 years and bottled in 1994. Oh, and they are available for sale. I can't even imagine what the price is for either one of those.