Pico do Arieiro Maderia

4 30 am.start
3rd Highest peak..
Ha Ha so we walked  along pitch  black path..
Which we had to follow to the summit.
No torch left in room!
We got there in the dark.. Soooo many sunrise expectants like us.
It was soooo cold N in first pic! blanket..
It was stunning and I will not forget this view a nd worth early up!
Shhhhh just saying sun showed up this afternoon between the clouds and v warm when it did.
On writing this been up 12.5 hours.. 
Today we had no idea..
Portugal Day to follow explanation!!
This morning extras show a levada we walked as well.


Portugal Day, officially Portugal, Camões, and Portuguese Communities Day (Portuguese: Dia de Portugal, de Camões e das Comunidades Portuguesas), is the national day of Portugal celebrated annually on 10 June. It is one of the public holidays in Portugal and celebrated by Portuguese people throughout the world. It commemorates the death on 10 June 1580 of Luís de Camões, a poet and national literary icon.