The land of my ancestors…

I had occasion to visit Funchal, Madeira on the 20th October 2008 and although I had only visited once before, fond memories flooded back.

I couldn’t help being struck by some of the islands natural beauty, a very human scale, in the middle of absolute nowhere, but just 1 hour and 30 minutes from Lisbon. Their is so much of Portugal and so much more of Madeira….really quite unique.

As I left, I couldn’t help thinking of my ancestors leaving, sometime way back in the 1850’s…

Cristo Rei - Funchal, Madeira, October 2008

SHIFT 2008 Lisbon

This morning (17th October) I made a presentation on Sustainable Construction at this conference, which was a great initiative organised by my good friend André Rebeirinho of Adegga…was my pleasure to be to see a group of young enthusiastic Portuguese guys & gals, all involved in the internet world, highly motivated and very professional. Check out the site…

SHiFT - Social and Human Ideas For Technology

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