Porto Santo island - Around the village of Baleira beaches - the 11th of October 2016

The small beaches around the village of Baleira were very inviting and maybe because of not having been to any beach throughout the Summer season due to my skin problem adding to the fact that on the mainland the Autumn winds and greyish days had already showed up I felt really "disappointed" not to be able to at least dive in these beautiful warm seas or relax for a while in the sun as a couple of Germans I had befriended in the Hotel.   

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Porto Santo island, The parish Church of Baleira village and Christopher Colombus and Brum do Canto's House Museums - The 10th of October 2016

I couldn't help walking into the little parish church, which was built in 1928. Its interior walls were partly covered in glazed tiles and on a right hand sides chapel I came across a fairly interesting last supper sculpture, right in front of the main altar.

Right behind it stood what is believed to have been Christopher Columbus' house in gray brick stone, to which a small museum displaying some navigational instruments and artefacts of the time could be seen (though not photographed).

From it I walked towards another House Museum, this time pertaining to Brum do Canto, who happens to have been a prominent figure on the island and beyond. I was actually able to watch part of the first ever produced film by him - Canção da terra, which I really enjoyed, despite not having had the time to fully watch it.

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Porto Santo island - on the way to the heart of the village of Baleira - The 10th and 12th of October 2016 (morning).

Twice I walked towards the centre of the village of Baleira prior to having been collected by a student and actually started the refresher course. Cristopher Colombus's statue  and the townhall building stood out among those palm tree stretches of land surrounded by a beautiful blue sea and patches of golden sand.

Some islands just have an idylic way of conquering one's heart  ...

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